Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

floors, horizontal extension size / building
footprint) and should maintain a suitable
density according to the urbanized area.
The municipalities should ensure that these
buildings respect the building traditions
(colours, materials and techniques) and
architecture.
• Housing residences and buildings
developed for touristic purposes should
be mixed within the neighbourhoods and
permanent residential areas.
• It is not advisable to create new tourist
nuclei in territories without public
infrastructure, sewerage, water supply,
electricity, motorways, and similar to them,
which are the core to the operation of a
settlement.
Use / Consolidation of agricultural land
The municipalities of the region, based
on the general local plans (GLPs), should
take into account the different development
possibilities for the rural territories. This
approach requires different responses,
in terms of rural spatial contexts, for
the purpose of economizing the use of
agricultural land, housing space, and
services provided.
The municipalities should prioritize the use
of agricultural land, based on the following
typologies:
Rural areas under strong urban influence,
peri-urban areas mean peripheral
urban areas under high influence from
urbanization, where urban development and
urban pressures have a strong impact on
land use.
The development and use of land in periurban
areas should be directed towards
their use as buffer zones to curb the
expansion of urbanization through such
instruments as:
• green line, restricting urbanized areas;
• economic and legal incentives, which
should be used to prioritize these areas
to the benefit of rural development with
services such as regional markets, urban
agriculture, agro-tourism, recreation
and services serving to the sustainable
development, etc., in order to promote
interaction between urban and rural areas.
Areas under strong rural influence,
agricultural areas, mean areas with a focus
on agricultural development, where the
main revenues derive from agriculture. The
use of land in these territories should be
oriented away from the pressure of urban
activities. The municipalities of the region,
through the General Local Plans (GLPs),
should prioritize agricultural activity in
these territories, avoiding the birth and
sprawl of urbanization. Planning conditions
and regulations should allow only the
development of activities related to these
functions.
Rural marginal, agricultural areas, which
have a poor agricultural development
structure or dispersed urbanization
development, should be developed with
a focus on the opportunities to support
agriculture, as agricultural and natural
reserve areas. Benefits will be enabled
through the use of large land areas, mainly
on nature-focused functions, such as
reserves or spaces serving to environment
and eco-tourism, spaces provided for
cultivated forests, orchards, and areas
supporting agriculture with necessary
space for cultivated species requiring large
territories.
Free natural areas and protected natural
areas are the peripheral part of the
influence of urban and rural pressures.
These territories should be protected and
preserved from urban developments.
The interconnection and service of these
areas with urban areas should focus on
recreational functions and natural tourism.
The services and infrastructure of these
areas should be accompanied by information
boards as well as temporary services in
function of natural tourism.
It is suggested to apply the minimum
coefficient of use of these spaces to protect
the ecosystems. Areas with a focus on
environmental protection should include:
river deltas, wetlands, water systems and
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