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3 ----- ~-,N,lllUHtok,,AftHllTU V Lue... ~Co-PLAN ""''T"!t PIR!>W"L'"''' f >!~O <A "., i. The series of Co-PLAN' publications September 2004 The lnternotionol Conference of ENHll, the European Network of Housing Resea eh MAKING CITIES WORK Comparing between "TRANSITIONAL" and "DEVELOPED" Urban ond Hou~ing Models Tirana Albania, May 2003 CentM for Habitat Development!k Q.it\Uh Wliu.ADA ~~I.. Kl';m.llnN,A- Albania has unique urban and housing models In Europe and ean be a perfect 'laborato<y' for professionals, decision-makers and polltlclaris In thel r strugglll for melioration measures. -.un' OlllWll AliAJUl This is the official final publication of the International Conference of ENHR (European Network of Housing Research), organized by Co-PLAN Institute for Habitat Development, in Tirana-Albania, on May 2003: Comparing between 'transitional' and 'developing' housing and urban development models. Editor: BESNIK ALIAJ Assisted by: llir DUKA, Elida Metaj, Florian NURI Photo reporter: Armando BABANI, ISTITUTO UMIVERSITA9t0 ARCHITETTURA VE~H:ZIA SERVIZI BIBllOGP.AFICI E focumeihali INV. CIA... ~.. ~~...

4 The International Conference of ENHR, the European Network of Housing Research Comparing between "Transitional" and "Developed" Urban and Housing Models! TiranaAlbania,26-28 May TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BACKGROUND: CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION, ABOUT TIRANA AND ALBANIA The General Conference Statement URBAN DEVELOPMENTS IN TIRANA Using the momentum and re-ordering the chaos Reynt SLUIS and Frank WASSENBERG ALBANIA: A Short History of Housing and Urban Development Models during I 94S Besnik ALIAJ IS OPENING SESSION AND ADDRESSES BY THE KEY AUTHORITIES Bengt Turner, ENHR Chairman Opening address by Fates Nano, Albanian Prime Minister Mr. Besnik DERVISH! Albanian Minister of Territorial Adjustment and Tourism Mr. Edi RAMA, Mayor oftirana 3. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND KEY-NOTE SPEAKERS Ivan TOSICS, Sustainable Urban Development Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest Hungary EXPLODING CITIES or the Rise and Death of the Sustainable City? Claudio ACIOLY, IHS Rotterdam, the Netherlands HOUSING MARKETS and Low Income Consumers in the Transitional Economies John QUIGLEY, University of California, Berkeley, U SA SI S4 S

5 The International Conference of ENHR, the European Network of Housing Research Comparing between "Transillonal" and "Developed" Urban and Housing Models! TiranaAlbania,26 28May ,J.".. POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS, Methodological and Sociological Aspects Prof. Dr. JUrgen FRIEDRICHS University of Cologne, Research Institute for Sociology, Cologne, Germany IMPACT OF HOUSING ON URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE Dr. Kaliopa Dimitrovska ANDREWS Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia BRIEF INTRODUCTION to the Country Housing Profile: Albania Agnimka HADA, UNECE THE NEO-LIBERALIST POLICIES and their Impact on the Housing Sector Dilemmas on the Housing Policies in the Case of Albania Doris ANDON I (MSc), Director, Housing Department, Ministry of Territory Adjustment and Tourism, Tirana-Albania IMPLEMENTING PLANS in Weakly Administered States: The case of Greater Tirana Strategic Plan Dr. John R. YARWOOD, Director, Urban Institute Ireland, University College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 120 Immovable Property Registration Systems in Transition Countries: A Reassessment with Special Reference to Albania Dr. J. David STANFIELD, Land Tenure Center Wisconsin, USA ENEMIES OR PARTNERS? The Challenge of Participatory Urban Governance (Lessons learned from an Albanian NGO) Besnik ALIAJ, Flamur KU~I. Claudio ACCIOLY Jr. Co-PLAN Tirana and IHS Rotterdam ~ ENEMIES OR PARTNERS? (Illustrations) Besnik ALIAJ, Director, Co-PLAN, Tirana, Albania PUBLIC PRIVATE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP and Housing Rehabilitation in Tirana Arch. MSc. Florian NEPRAVISHTA University oftirana, Albania

6 The ln!emational Conference of ENHA, the European Network of Housing Research Comparing between "Transitional'' and "Developed" Urban and Housing Models! TiranaAlbania,26-28May2003 THE BUILDING MARKET IN TIRANA and the Factors Indicating the Welfare of this Business Eng. Lefter SILA lnf 93' Real Estate Agency, Tirana Albania 220 ISSUES OF LAND USE IN ALBANIA Prof.Asc.Dr. Fioreta LULi, Tirana Albania 228 DESIGN FOR ALL Kospiri, Bardhylka, Albanian Disability Rights Foundation MAIN CONFERENCE DEBATE The Televised Debate of Key Conference Participants with Mr. Edi Rama, Mayor of Tirana, TV Gjeli, Tirana Albania 241 The Plenary Debate of Conference Participants with Mr. Edi Rama, Mayor oftirana 260 S. FINAL SESSION AND CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS Chaired by: Bengt TURNER, ENHR Chairman POST CONFERENCE Energy and Chaos of Albanian Cities: PARADOX OF URBAN PLANNING Some conclusions from the International Conference "Making Cities Work" Dritan SHUTINA and Sally KELLING Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development 292 DECISIVE TIME FOR ALBANIA'S HOUSING? By Malcolm BOORER... Post-conference reflections published in Albanian Newspapers LIST OF ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED 301

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