Thus, public centre is located in the centre of town and residential quarters are tied to it and
organise its own comfortable environment with small objects, accomplishment and greens.
Transport connections are outside of perimeter of building. Architectural and spatial organisation
and functional and planning system of Ross permitted to reach maximal conveniences for its
inhabitants.
The Ross Town is like an example of new approach to design and construction of large urban
complexes in Belarus.
- Firstly, the object was developed and built by tender. It means there was a choice for best
idea and project solution on the base of competition, democratically and rationally.
- Secondly, there were invited the best building companies both domestic and foreign which
were chosen on the base of competition as well.
- Thirdly, there was used new organisation of working process.
- Fourthly, this constructing became a real school of building skill due to new material and
modern equipment using.
It has been already mentioned that small towns of Belarus are not able to play a role of service
centres because of low level of social and economic development. And Ross, vice versa, can
bring functions of service centre for all rural surroundings. It could give some definite changes in
system of central places in Grodno Oblast.
Some social and economic problems in “military towns” and their solutions
The major problems of military towns development are mainly concentrated in economic sphere.
The main disadvantage is limit of jobs. So there are following consequences:
- High level of unemployment;
- Low level of incomes within the population.
Possible solutions of the problems appearing while these towns have been functioned and existed
are following:
- Formation of legal base and mechanism for involvement of these towns into the national
economy;
- International co-operation support;
- Military towns involvement into the international co-operation and priority projects on social
and economic development implementation.
Last issue foresees in particular:
- Commercial activity support within the existing enterprises and small business
establishment;
- Promotion of professional training of former military contingent and for the members of their
families;
- Stimulation of private business development and new patterns of economic activity;
- Measures on superfluous women's resources using;
- Support of youth living on the territories of these towns to qualify and to find a job, etc.
Measures of economic and social character.
Conclusion