In Turkey, there are different ways to audit public administrations. Those ways could be grouped as political audit, administrative audit, judicial audit, pressure groups and public audit. However, in 2010 with a constitutional ...

The following paragraphs are based on my personal experience of study and life between Italy and Albania and are going to 'use' the history of architecture in two different contexts: the first one is the physical context ...

The Fisher’s hypothesis is regarded as one of the most important hypothesis in macroeconomics. Fisher (1930) argued that the nominal interest rate consists of an expected ‘real’ rate plus an expected inflation rate and ...

The main aim of the present research paper is to evaluate the characteristics, architectural values and potential of Ottoman architecture of inns in Albania. In general, inns represent one of the most important structures ...

In a world where the economic crisis is affecting all life spheres, social welfare has become an important asset in the government’s policies. Social welfare is directly related with the guarantee of a minimal income for ...

In the Balkans, geography has often been smaller than political aspirations and was not unusual that the name of a Balkan country have been greater than its territory. Since the dream of every state in the Balkans was seen ...

A quantified analysis of the urban climate in general and the urban heat island phenomena in particular is a complex endeavor and requires a variety of data streams. Urban units of observations are meant to specify ...

It is evident that the newest trend of urban site design is to provide dense cities with the largest green, generous, and user-friendly public spaces, very necessary for any urban development. The quality of urban life ...

With this study we want to focus on an historical period, the '20s, fundamental for contemporary urban design. The '20s represent a moment of synthesis of several elements: the potentialities and the risks of the industrial ...

Tirana is a city which keeps growing mostly in a natural way. The unexpected growing rhythm that followed the political changes of the early ‘90es has not yet produced enough administrative and planning awareness and ...