Session
Sustainabile Urban Development, Architecture and Environment
Description
After the 90s Tirana encountered a large increase of the population coming from different towns and villages of the country. In this way the population of 150 thousand inhabitants turned in approximately 1 million. Its major transformation has occurred in the last decade where beside the residents, a lot of settlements and socio-economic buildings have been constructed, bringing in this way an unplanned urban development. To identify Tirana urban growth, in addition to terrain identification or partial urban studies more easily we canuse satellite images provided by Google Maps, which through their electronic archive provide us images over the years. In this way, the paper at hand provides a visual analysis of the images over a decade, in 2002 and 2009. These images, which are within the yellow line in Tirana but also in its surroundings, show that part so called the Tirana Metropolis.
Keywords:
Urban Growth, Satellite Imagery, Tirana, Albania
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi & Mo Vaziri
First Page
226
Location
Prishtina, Kosovo
Start Date
2-11-2012 9:00 AM
End Date
3-11-2012 5:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2012.28
Recommended Citation
Shehu, Arbi, "Tirana Urban Growth During The Last Decade" (2012). UBT International Conference. 28.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2012/all-events/28
Included in
Tirana Urban Growth During The Last Decade
Prishtina, Kosovo
After the 90s Tirana encountered a large increase of the population coming from different towns and villages of the country. In this way the population of 150 thousand inhabitants turned in approximately 1 million. Its major transformation has occurred in the last decade where beside the residents, a lot of settlements and socio-economic buildings have been constructed, bringing in this way an unplanned urban development. To identify Tirana urban growth, in addition to terrain identification or partial urban studies more easily we canuse satellite images provided by Google Maps, which through their electronic archive provide us images over the years. In this way, the paper at hand provides a visual analysis of the images over a decade, in 2002 and 2009. These images, which are within the yellow line in Tirana but also in its surroundings, show that part so called the Tirana Metropolis.