Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation (Jun 2014)
About spatial planning in Albania
Abstract
Albania has a complex history of spatial planning that dates from the last century (1950 year) and has experienced a dramatic transformation due to changing political and economic regime in 1990. The first attempts to create a new system of territorial planning in Albania began in 2006 with the preparation of a policy document for planning. The process for preparation of the law on territorial planning began after the adoption of the policy document in 2007. On April 23, 2009, was passed by the Parliament, the Law no. 10119, "On Territorial Planning". This law has been amended six times since it was approved. Territorial planning authority in Albania resides at the national and local level. The national territorial planning authority resides in the central government, which (under the current legislation) is with the Territorial Planning Council of the Republic of Albania that adopts and approves or rejects different urban and spatial planning studies. The relevant ministry handling territory planning activities through the Territory Planning Directorate co-ordinates work among Territorial Planning Council, state bodies and local government bodies in the field of spatial planning. This presentation addresses these problems: - Territory Plan overview - Territorial planning in Albania - National authorities of territorial planning - Coordination of territorial planning documents - GIS Technique for Territorial Analysis - Data for Spatial Planning in Albania - Current problems related to spatial planning in Albania The purpose of this paper is to present, in short, the existence in Albania of various SIS/GIS and databases, the most important cartographic products, technologies, data extraction and data strings for the needs spatial planning. The main limitations of using GIS in spatial planning in Albania, not dealing with technical issues, but with the availability of data, organizational changes and training of specialists. The lack of available data and their quality, including mapping, remains one of the biggest obstacles to the use of GIS in spatial planning.
