Godiva Rembeci

POLIS University · Department of Urban Planning and Management

The phenomenon of illegal construction has attracted a considerable volume of research, in the fields of theory, policy making, practice and implementations. The dysfunctionality of laws, corruption and clientelism of the administration, the impunity of the law breakers, and the inability of the planning system to provide adequate housing and land...

In rapidly urbanizing cities, informal settlements play a pivotal role in shaping urban dynamics. These settlements are characterized by a lack of safe accommodation and spectrum of service deficiencies, ranging from unauthorized housing to informal rental housing. The challenges faced by these areas, such as deficiencies in basic services and envi...

Migration means the movement of people from one place to another, but mostly migration is considered the demographic process that links rural to urban areas, contributing to the growth of cities' urbanization. From a demographic point of view, internal migration shows the rate of change in the territorial distribution of the population during a cer...

Plant based diet is not very popular in Albania, but the number of people considering switching to it is coming to an increase due to health, environment, and animal support reasons. This study explores the link between consumer attitudes towards plant-based lifestyle and personal achievements. With the help of plant-based consumers living in Alban...

The territorial reform of 2014, according to which there is a new re-composition of municipalities does not imply changes in the population at the county level, but is accompanied by drastic changes of the population at the municipal level. Meanwhile the population at the national and regional level has declined, the population in the new administr...

The transport sector significantly impacts the environment, specifically on climate change, through greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of natural resources. Currently road transport already creates 14% of the emissions globally and furthermore the number of vehicles is expected to more than double by 2050. [1] In the context of Albania, transpo...

The territorial reform of 2014, according to which there is a new re -composition of municipalities does not imply changes in the population at the county level, but is accompanied by drastic changes of the population at the municipal level. Meanwhile the population at the national and regional level has declined, the population in the new administ...

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Nowadays, demographic change is one of the key challenges for local development, without forgetting, climate change, development of the green economy, inclusiveness and poverty. Strategic solutions cannot be based on addressing one of these factors alone but must take into account the interplay of these elements within a particular local area of de...

Gjirokastra. Between the "UNESCO City" status and the phenomenon of "Shrinking Cities". Gjirokastra is one of the most beloved cities in Albania and beyond in the region. The city with extraordinary historical values, and with unique traditions and landscape, is rightly included in the UNESCO list. Gjirokastra has always been, and continues to b...

The inhabitants of Dropull have historically recognized themselves as a community, kept together by the common traditions, culture and territory. But it was during the recent years that the territory was comprised in one municipality. The establishing of the new administrative unit created the opportunity for developing a new General Local Plan. PO...

Right after the local elections of 2015 in Albania, I (Besnik Aliaj) was invited in a meeting and training event with the newly elected municipal councilors and administrators of the Region of Gjirokastra, Albania, organized by the German foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. During the meeting I was drawn by the remarks of Mr. Mihal Mano, the recen...

All Western Balkan countries share, despite their diversity and idiosyncrasies, a common aspiration for a future within the European Union, similarities with respect to development and integration agendas, as well as face imperfections of their planning systems and Territorial Governance (TG) practices. The current socio-political ambitions and reg...

Abstract The municipality of Dropull is created in 2013 as the result of the new administrative and territorial reform that restructured the administrative division of the country from 365 municipalities toward a new division of 61 municipalities. After this administrative reform the “new” municipalities needed planning guidelines. In such term th...

Without any doubt, Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent a driving force in economic development today. SMEs by the numbers dominate the world business stage, although their contribution varies among countries. In Albania, SMEs represents about 98% of total companies with a significant contribution of about 70% to the national Gross Domestic...

The municipality of Dropull is created in 2013 as the result of the new administrative and territorial reform that restructured the administrative division of the country from 365 municipalities toward a new division of 61 municipalities. After this administrative reform, the “new” municipalities needed planning guidelines. In such term the draftin...

The European integration process presents a challenging objective for Balkan countries. The process has evolved gradually and the Balkan countries actually present a different status in the integration process. EU accession is subject to the Copenhagen criteria fulfillment: economic, political and acquis communautaire. Upon granting the “member s...

Tourism and coastal lines are some of the important economic tools for the sustainable economic development in Albania. However, in recent decades tourism is being experienced as a vulnerability of the ecological, socio-economic and political factors. According to the statistical data, tourism sector in Albania represent about 2-4% of GDP. Alban...

Now days there is a global consensus among all stakeholders that SMEs represent a driving force to the overall economic development, due to their significant contribution both on GDP and employment of national economies. SMEs also by numbers dominate the world business stage, although their contribution does vary among the countries. SMEs in Albani...

FDI is considered as positive factor on economic growth for the hosting country, because of its contribution to the employment growth, productivity, income, transfer of know-how, export promotion of its products in international market, etc. Especially in transition economies FDI compare to other the external flows is an important source for financ...

SMEs play an important role in the national economic development of any country. Now days SMEs are becoming more and more a subject of high attention of policy makers especially to developing countries due to their great potential in contribution of sustainable economic growth and employment generation for the national economy. In Albania, SMEs rep...

The internet era has changed everything, even our way of doing shopping. With very few simple actions we can buy what we have seen or desired. It's an industry that in the world, only last year, recognized record sales figures in a trillion. In Albania, electronic commerce is booming. The official figures are still lacking, but the market operator...

The internet era has changed everything, even our way of doing shopping. With very few simple actions we can buy what we have seen or desired. It's an industry that in the world, only last year, recognized record sales figures in a trillion. In Albania, electronic commerce is booming. The official figures are still lacking, but the market operator...

Tourism today is one of the economic sectors with the highest positive growth rate and considerable share to the national GDP of many countries in the world. Lately as confirmed by various academic studies the tourism sector is recognized as a driver of sustainable economic development. Sustainable tourism defined by UNWTO as: "Tourism that takes f...

Foreign direct investments in Albania are perceived as an important factor of economic development and this is because of several benefits of FDI and its importance vis-à-vis other forms of capital flows. The paper aims to analyze the trend of development of FDI stock and inflow in Albania as well as its position in Balkan region in reference to fo...

Summary Tourism and coastal lines are some of the important economic tools for the sustainable economic development in Albania. However, in recent decades tourism is being experienced as a vulnerability of the ecological, socio-economic and political factors. According to the statistical data, tourism sector in Albania represent about 2-4% of GDP....

Methodological description of the setting -up and maintenance of business register in Albania