Highlights to informed spatial planning in the growing suburbs of Tirana RUDINA TOTO
Author: PhD Researcher Rudina Toto
Affiliation: Polis University, Tirana Albania
Background
Many may and have argued that spatial planning is a “probability theory”, as long as it predicts the future use and development strategies for land and operates in
an uncertain development context. The more sophisticated the methods and tools for increasing predictability through scientific analysis become, the more increases the number and type of factors to be involved in the complex models that spatial planning uses. As a result, proposing good and appropriate planning solutions remains a major challenge for spatial planners.
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