OMB no.1 Durana

Introduction 

Introduction from the Editors

Interdisciplinary exchanges

New Dimensions of Urban Living
ANTONELLO STELLA

Re-thinking the city through strategic urban projects
ROMEO FARINELLA

The strategic role of an enterprise zone along the axis rinas International Airport – Tirana
GASTONE AVE

Creative processes in comparison. Energy, material and hidden logics.
LORIS ROSSI

Tirana, new metropolis: reinventing a new sustainable (spatial)

 Tirana, new metropolis: reinventing a new sustainable (spatial) image for Albania
DRITAN SHUTINA, RUDINA TOTO, ANILA GJIKA, ELONA KARAFILI, HABIB YMERI

Metropolitan Governance in  Albania. The Case for Tirana – A theoretical debate or an absolute necessity?
DRITAN SHUTINA

Planning and financing Infrastructure in the city through land value capture instruments. The case of Tirana – Rinas Corridor
ANILA GJIKA

Highlights to informed spatial planning in the growing suburbs of Tirana. The need to mainstream Ecosystem Services valuation into metropolitan land use planning decisions
RUDINA TOTO

Agricultural cluster development in peri-urban areas
ELONA KARAFILI

The impact of airport in urban development of area
HABIB YMERI

Stripe 1 green vector connecting polycentric void system

Green vector. Connecting polycentric Void system
PHD RESEARCHERS

Tirana’s landscape through the lens of time, space and movement
LAURA PEDATA

Stripe 2 semi-urban eco-sensitivity

Semi-urban Eco-sensitivity
PHD RESEARCHERS

Unlimited Tirana(s) – New Dimensions
SOTIR DHAMO

Ecological-urbanism in semi-urban areas after sprawl. The case of Tirana North
DORINA PAPA

Conclusions and recommendations

The hidden regional layer: Lost architecture/urbanism Don’t glorify, but don’t forget the past!
BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMO, ELVAN DAJKO, LEDIAN BREGASI

The need for strategic projects for a new urban gate to Tirana as a business card for Albania
BESNIK ALIAJ, GASTONE AVE