ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to learn from Porvoonjoki River and looks at designing and rehabilitating neighborhoods in small towns. It also describes the curvilinear circulation, with loops and cul-de-sacs, which is often present in the residential areas of small towns. The Canadas modern presence in the north is linked to trade, the military, and sovereignty over land. Until the nineteenth century, the North was the focus of early explorers and populated by few First Nations. In 1914, the Hudsons Bay Company began setting up trading posts throughout the Arctic. Growth came to Iqaluit, formerly Frobisher Bay, in World War II, when the Americans built an airbase in the area. During the 1950s the base was turned over to the Canadian government which populated the place and drew southerners who needed basic amenities. Additional expansion took place in the 1970s with the building of a hospital, school, homes, hotels, and other traits of a modern town.
