Promoting Community Participation in Peri - Urban Infrastructures

Abstract

AIM:The aim of this research is to examine the importance of community participation in education and social infrastructure in Peri -Urban of Tirana city. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This research states that "involvement of community" is a direct response to giving the community a voice in shaping their future environment to promote urban regeneration in combination with the respecting of the principle of sustainability. RESULTS:This rich picture of community participation and urban planning brings an improver's eye to the real issue on the ground, focused mainly on the guidelines set by the European Union. The goal of the project participation which generates public space, beyond the values that carry on improving the quality of life for the citizens -can illustrate how urban regeneration projects may have a huge impact on the entire city life. The result is to create an area which improves profits and a good lifestyle; reconceptualization of investment as an investment in urban infrastructure, an investment that can have a large impact even with a relatively low cost. CONCLUSIONS:This article emphasises the need for a real metamorphose to all barriers between builders and users which must be abolished so that building and usage become two different parts, of the same planning process.