SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING PLANNING AND SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT OF MINISTRY Prishtina 1 Institute forJune, Spatial Planning2010 SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA MINISTRY FOF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING AND SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT FOF MINISTRY Institute for Spatal Planning 2 SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA Kosova Our home Spatial Plan of Kosova 2010 – 2020+ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING PLANNING AND SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT OF MINISTRY 3 Institute for Spatial Planning SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning The document is prepared from The Institute of Spatial Planning in collaboration with other sectors in Government of Kosova. PLANNING AND SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT FOF MINISTRY Prishtina, June 2010. Atention! Competent version of the dokument is the albanian version language. Institute for Spatal Planning 4 SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING PLANNING AND SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT OF MINISTRY 5 Institute for Spatial Planning SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA Content Prologue ………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9 The role and validity of spatial plan............................................ ........ ……. 9 The process of drafting the Kosovo Spatial Plan .......................................... 10 Public Participation ................................................ ............................. 11 Public Consultation ................................................ .............................. 11 Index terminology ............................................... ................................ 13 I. Profile development and spatial analysis of the situation…………………………….…….. 19 Spatial development profile ......................................... ........................ 19 Kosovo - The basic data .................................... .................................. 19 Demographics and social development .............................................. ....... 20 Housing, locations deployement ..................................................... ...... 30 Environment and land use ............................................. ................ …….. 35 Water ................................................. ........................................... 37 Land ................................................. ............................................. 41 Forests ................................................. .......................................... 48 Groundwater assets ................................................ ........................... 49 Cultural and Natural Heritage .............................................. ........... ……… 51 Flooding ................................................. ......................................... 52 Erosion ................................................. .......................................... 54 Seismicity ................................................. ...................................... 56 Economic Development ................................................ ....................... 58 Agriculture ................................................. ..................................... 59 Industry ................................................. ........................................ 61 Trade ................................................. .......................................... 63 Handicraft.............................................. ......................................... 66 Tourism ................................................. ......................................... 66 Energy ................................................. ..................................... …… 67 Unequally economic development .............................................. ............ 71 Technical infrastructure ................................................ ...................... 72 Transport and its infrastructure ............................................. .............. 72 Automotive transportation ................................................ ................... 73 Rail Transportion ................................................ .............................. 74 Air Transportation ................................................ ............................. 75 Telecommunications ................................................. ......................... 75 Energy infrastructure ............................................... .................. ……… 78 Water Infrastructure ................................................ .......................... 80 Water Use ............................................... ................................. ……… 80 Regulation of water regime ............................................. ..................... 80 Protecting water from pollution ............................................. ............... 81 Waste landfills ............................................... .................................. 82 Potential for development of technical infrastructure ................................... 83 Trend scenario ............................................... .................................. 83 Context in the region and Europe ............................................. .............. 85 PLANNING AND SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT FOF MINISTRY Kosovo and its neighbors ............................................... ...................... 85 Initiatives in Southeast Europe .............................................. .............. 85 Strategies sectors of the Government of Kosovo ......................................... 85 Assessing the situation in Kosovo ............................................. .............. 89 SWOT Analysis ................................................ .................................. 89 Assessment of capacity investment .............................................. ........... 92 Projections sector investment and resources ....................................... ……… 93 Public investment (government) ............................................. ............... 94 Projections of investment sources ............................................. ....... …… 95 The challenges of spatial development ......................................... ........... 97 Institute for Spatal Planning 6 SPATIAL PLAN OF KOSOVA Economy and Employment ............................................... ..................... 97 Heritage and sustainable development ............................................. ...... 100 Unrational space use.............................................. ............................ 102 Unquallity living environment............................................... ................. 104 Low level of health and education ........................................... ........ …….. 107 High poverty ............................................. ........................ ………………… 111 Standards, norms and principles ............................................. ............... 115 II. Vision, principles and goals ......................................... ...................... 117 Statement of vision for the future of Kosovo ....................................... ...... 117 General principles for development / protection ......................................... 117 Long-term development targets ............................................... .............. 118 Strategic Priorities ................................................ .......................... 119 III. Spatial Development Framework .............................................. ........... 121 The main concepts of spatial development ............................................... 121 Spatial structure and organization of future development ......................... …… 122 Socio-economic development .............................................. .................. 122 Distribution and development of settlements ............................................. 123 Network structure settlements ............................................. ..........…….. 125 Major Centers ............................................... ................................. 126 Small Centers ............................................... .................................. 127 New municipalities……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 127 Villages ................................................. ......................................... 127 Preservation and environmental protection ............................................. .. 128 Areas of particular interest for Kosovo …………………………………………………………………….. 130 Special Protective Zones …………………………………………………………………………………………… 130 Development and integration of infrastructure and communication .................. 131 Conflicts and potential sinergies ........................................... ............. 132 Spatial structure in Kosovo .............................................. ..................... 133 Treasury of Kosovo (green area) .......................................... ................... 133 Port of Kosovo (blue space) .......................................... .................. ….. 136 Bridges of Kosovo (yellow space) .......................................... ................. 141 Gardens of Kosovo (orange space) .......................................... ...... ………… 145 Bridges of Kosovo (yellow space) .......................................... ................. 149 Gardens of Kosovo (orange space) .......................................... ...... ……….. 153 IV. Strategy and implementation actions ......................................