TY  - BOOK
A1  - Xhindi, Nevila
T1  - Albania towards a sustainable regional development
T2  - Praxis Kultur- und Sozialgeographie | PKS
N2  - As Albania is accelerating its preparations towards the European Union candidate status, numerous areas of public policy and practices undergo intensive development processes. Regional development policy is a very new area of public policy in Albania, and needs research and development. This study focuses on the process of sustainable development in Albania, by analyzing and comparing the regional development of regions of Tirana, Shkodra and Kukes. The methodology used consists of a literature/desk review; analytical and comparative approach; qualitative interviews; quantitative data collection; analysis. The research is organized in five chapters. First chapter provides an overview of the study framework. The second outlines the theory and scientific framework for sustainable and regional development in relation with geography. The third chapter presents the picture of the regional development in Albania, analyzing the disparities and regional development in the light of EU requirements and NUTS division. Chapter 4 continues by analyzing and comparing the regional development of the regions: Tirana – driver for change, Shkodra – the North in Development and Kukes – the “shrinking” region. Chapter 5 presents the conclusions and recommendations. This research comes to the conclusions that if growth in Albania is to be increased and sustained, a regional development policy needs to be established.
T3  - Praxis Kultur- und Sozialgeographie | PKS - 56 
KW  - Albania
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - regional development
KW  - policy
KW  - planning
Y1  - 2013
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6651
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-62691
SN  - 978-3-86956-223-0
SN  - 0934-716X
SN  - 1868-2499
IS  - 56
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -