A typical microdistrict covered the area of 10–60 hectares, up to but not exceeding 80 in some cases. Typical public service structures include secondary schools, pre-school establishments, grocery stores, personal service shops, cafeterias, clubs, playgrounds, and building maintenance offices.
About Microdistrict in brief
A typical microdistrict covered the area of 10–60 hectares, up to but not exceeding 80 in some cases. Residential districts in most of the cities and towns in Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union were built in accordance with this concept. Typical public service structures include secondary schools, pre-school establishments, grocery stores, personal service shops, cafeterias, clubs, playgrounds, and building maintenance offices. The whole construction process became simplified and standardized, leading to the erection of rows and rows of faceless grey rectangular apartment-buildings which prevail in every town of the ex-Soviet countries.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a sharp decline in the volume of residential construction in the post-Soviet world. Urban planning was mostly ignored as there was virtually no new construction in post-soviet world as a result of the declining housing volume. Some critics of the micro District model have heightened criticisms of the housing construction, as well as heightened criticism of the urban planning model of the USSR and other former Soviet states. The Urban Planning Project is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims to improve the quality of urban planning in the United States, Europe, and other countries.
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