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<strong>La</strong> <strong>définition</strong> d’une <strong>stratégie</strong> d’intervention.<br />

<strong>La</strong> definición de una estrategia de intervención<br />

Defining a strategy for intervention<br />

Sustainable development of south<br />

coastline Albania, by preserving<br />

traditional cultural heritage<br />

Kalterina Shulla<br />

Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunication<br />

General Directorate of Water Supply and Sewage<br />

Project officer EU Phare/Cards Water PMU<br />

Msc “Urban Environmental Management”<br />

Wageningen University The Netherlands<br />

Architecture, Urban Studies<br />

Polytechnic University of Tirana,<br />

Address:<br />

DPUK rr: Sami Frasheri Nr.4, Tirana, Albania<br />

E-mail address:<br />

kalterina@yahoo.co.uk<br />

Telephone:<br />

00355682265431<br />

Current status<br />

South Albania lies along the Ionian Sea part of Mediterranean Sea.<br />

The Ionian coastline is approx. 170 km long and a population of<br />

about 70,000 inhabitants leave in this settlements. This area is rich in<br />

historical monuments and traditional villages mostly settled in the hills<br />

with easy access to the sea. The villages have Mediterranean features<br />

characterized by a vernacular/self built architecture mostly by stone<br />

and usually in white colour. Their layout is adapted to the landscape<br />

contours. Area is rich in archaeological sites (ancient city of Butrinti).<br />

It is characterized by a unique scenic landscapes rocky going steeply<br />

into the sea. The area has priority for development as an international<br />

tourist zones.<br />

Current urban development practises in the coastal area are object to<br />

strong development pressure threatening the whole integrity. Sprawl<br />

and chaotic development can risk the whole uniformity of the villages<br />

as assemble. New materials and forms are added to village texture. The<br />

interference of new constructions inside villages is done without taking<br />

into account old architectural standards. Furthermore, the need for fast<br />

tourism development is not considering the traditional values. Except<br />

for the architectural and historic value, these villages are valuable also<br />

as a building resource.<br />

Economic changes (private property, demand for fast tourism<br />

development, coastal land, fast economic growth, politic (planning<br />

system problems) and social changes (population movement toward<br />

the coast, population density, population activities) are main driving<br />

forces causing problems in the tourist regionThe free movement of<br />

<br />

uncontrolled distribution of population has caused the uncontrolled and<br />

speculative investment of capitals. Although it is noticed an economic<br />

<br />

urban infrastructure, lands use, natural and cultural heritage resources.<br />

Another problem is the abounded houses that risk degrading.<br />

Plan proposal<br />

Rehabilitations plans are necessary for traditional villages in order<br />

to preserve cultural heritage, landscape and historical significance,<br />

diminish the need for new constructions, preservation of land and<br />

architectural values. From the tourism prospective these house stock<br />

can be restored and reused. Plan for area development based on<br />

sustainable principles are a necessity to prevent further degradation<br />

o the area.<br />

In wide a Conceptual Plan for sustainable development based on water<br />

and traffic is drown in Map.1<br />

As a starting point, planning can be used for a sustainable spatial<br />

structuring, according to the framework for sustainable development,<br />

keeping the balance on the relationship that structure spatial and land<br />

use elements.<br />

While a space demand for tourism habitation, agricultural, residential,<br />

and commercial and other land use functions exists, the problem of<br />

interference and mix of carrying functions is evident in the area. The<br />

residential areas are spread along the coast and the business activities<br />

like tourist services are interfering in the green and natural zones.<br />

Explaining the actual zoning division of the region, it is noticed the<br />

presence of high dynamic functions like tourist services (hotels and<br />

restaurants) very near sea and the natural areas, and water systems,<br />

polluting in this way natural resources, and water systems in general.<br />

The tendency to occupy ecologic potential sites for mass and high<br />

density tourism development, can lead to destruction of natural<br />

resources, area occupation, water pollution, in short period of time for<br />

a short term economic profit<br />

According to S2N (Strategy of two networks, Tjallingji 1995), the traffic<br />

network carries functions as mass recreation. The water network<br />

carries functions like water extraction and recreation. This create a<br />

zoning ranging from tranquil and unpolluted, to busy polluted areas.<br />

Applying this strategy in a tourist region is done with the purpose to<br />

distinguish the different types of tourist development. This tourist area<br />

is characterised by fast change and movement and the lack of planning<br />

based on sustainable principles has created conditions for uncontrolled<br />

development and resource exhausted. The concept contributes to the<br />

development of integral designs of landscapes and leave room for ever<br />

changing needs of the residents.<br />

The area is divided in three zoning categories each of them with<br />

different potential for tourism development.<br />

1. “The high dynamic areas” and intense tourism.<br />

These are the tourist centres that have already access from national<br />

road, where the mass tourism development is ongoing or is expected<br />

to develop with high capacities. These tourist centres with potential for<br />

mass tourism are Vlora, Himara, Saranda. The existing infrastructure has<br />

dictated somehow this kind of development but the new investments<br />

to increase the carrying capacity of the area are expected. The areas<br />

near or within these living centres with high densities are already<br />

experiencing strong development pressure, where the traffic network<br />

carries the dynamic functions. In the future the intensive development<br />

can be stressed in these areas as “The high dynamic areas”. Airline<br />

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