The Green Lilies for Our Cities project is developing and piloting an alternative platform for monitoring and protecting the impact of air quality policies, noise pollution and urban greenery at the local level. The newly published report on air, noise, and greenery provides specific information about Tirana, Durres, Shkodra and Elbasan during 2019 and pandemics. Rodion Gjoka from 'Co-plan' was invited to Our Day where he gave more details.

Conversation in the studio regarding the lack of green spaces in the city of Tirana. The report, published as part of the 'Green Lilies for Our Cities' project, shows that the capital has lost 52 hectares of green space.

The level of air pollution in Tirana is above the norm set by the European Union. The sector that plays an important role in air pollution is that of transport, followed by construction activity. These data are the result of a report recently published by the Co-Planning Habitat Development Institute. Four cities, Tirana, Durres, Shkodra, and Elbasan, were monitored during the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. The survey was conducted in three main areas: urban air quality, noise level, and urban greenery.

Rodjon Gjoka, the director of the Environment Unit at the Co-plan Institute, stated on the morning show ABC that quarantine had a positive effect on reducing environmental pollution in urban centers. However, he stressed that with the reopening, we are returning to where we were. Gjoka said that despite the economic opportunities that Tirana offers in relation to other cities, it is not advisable to live. 'Globally, the land seems to have taken a two-month break to clean up the accumulated pollution. In Tirana, we did our experiment to see which measure affects pollution. We ...

The concept of urban pollution, despite not having a universal definition, is related to the level of pollution or harmful substances that are naturally and unnaturally introduced in cities and urban areas. Emissions related to human activities such as factories, industry, transport sector, etc., are considered as the biggest polluters.
In these urban areas; This is due to the high concentration of people and activities in urban centers. The impact of these types of pollution brings global environmental challenges, and as a result, preventive or mitigating policies must be implemente...