ZYDI TEQJA1; ENKELEJD LEKAJ1; ZAMIR LIBOHOVA2; NIKOLLAQ BARDHI3
1Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
2USDA-NRCS-National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, SHBA
3Department of Agronomic Sciences, Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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Abstract
The study of urban green space has become an important topic of research in the last decade. In this study the green
area coverage of 11 administrative units of Tirana is evaluated based on the 2015 orthophoto. The total green area and
the distribution for administrative units as well as relationships between the amount of green space, suicide, and noise
and air pollution over different buffer distances from the monitoring points are evaluated. Over 27% of the area of the
city of Tirana is covered by greenery but the distribution is heterogeneous among administrative units. The noise
tended to decrease with increasing amount of greenery; however, the trends were not significant. On the other hand,
the amount of air pollution decreased significantly with increasing amount of greenery and the strength of the
relationship increased with increasing distance from the monitoring points. The relationship between greenery and
suicidal rate overall was not significant, except for the most urbanized administrative units; however this based on a
limited sample size. The data from this analysis shows trends between the amount of greenery and various health and
environmental indicators that could be useful for better planning and management of green spaces in the future,
however, more data is needed.
Keywords: Greenery, orthophoto, noise, air pollution, suicide
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