Urban planning and construction in the kola north (part II)

Abstract

In the second of three articles on town planning in the Kola Peninsula portion of the Soviet North (the Kola North), the location of urban centers is analyzed in terms of six clusters or groups: Murmansk, Pechenga, Monchegorsk, Khibiny, Kandalaksha and Kovdor. Clustered forms of urban places are found to have advantages in the provision of services, with service establishments in the central town serving the entire duster. The efficient provision of services requires improvements in interurban transportation within urban clusters. The commuting patterns in the Murmansk group are analyzed in detail by age groups and trip purpose. (The first article appeared in the July‐September 1977 issue. The translation is by William Barr, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.)