HE AGRICULTURAL LAND SUITABILITY AND AGROECOLOGICAL ZONING AS THE MAIN FACTORS FOR RURAL SPATIAL PLANNING IN KOSOVO

Authors

  • Afrim Sharku Expert, NIRAS, Project: Implementation and Enforcement of Rural Spatial Planning, Kosovo, Rr. Shaban Polluzha nr.3,10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
  • Marianna Posfai Expert, NIRAS, Project: Implementation and Enforcement of Rural Spatial Planning, Kosovo, Rr. Shaban Polluzha nr.3,10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
  • Valon Gërmizaj Dardania College, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Rr. Ibrahim Lutfiu nr.17, Prishtina, Kosovo
  • Fatbardh Sallaku Agriculture University of Tirana, Kodër Kamëz, SH1, 1000 Tirana, Albania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54652/rsf.2016.v21.i1.296

Keywords:

land suitability, agro-ecological zoning, rural spatial planning, Kosovo

Abstract

UDK 631.164(497.115)

The soil is an important non-renewable resource that is vital to human life. It supports terrestrial ecosystems such as biodiversity, fresh air and water, food security, cultural heritage and the built environment, representing a natural and an economical asset of a country. Appropriate scientific information is crucial for sustainable soil management by local, national and regional governing institutions. Productive land is a critical resource for food and biomass production. In a broader sense land resources, management is the implementation of land use planning, as agreed between and with the direct participation of stakeholders. It is achieved through political decisions; legal, administrative and institutional execution; demarcation on the ground; inspection and control of adherence to the decisions; solving of land tenure issues; settling of water rights; issuing of concessions for plant and animal extraction (timber, fuel wood, charcoal and peat, non-wood products, hunting); promotion of the role of women and other disadvantaged groups in agriculture and rural development in the area, and the safeguarding of traditional rights of early indigenous peoples. Land suitability categorization and the agro-ecological zoning are of essential importance for the decision making for justified developments in many policy areas including agriculture and spatial planning.

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Published

01. 10. 2016.

How to Cite

Sharku, A., Posfai, M., Gërmizaj, V., & Sallaku, F. (2016). HE AGRICULTURAL LAND SUITABILITY AND AGROECOLOGICAL ZONING AS THE MAIN FACTORS FOR RURAL SPATIAL PLANNING IN KOSOVO. Works of the Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo, 21(1), 203–212. https://doi.org/10.54652/rsf.2016.v21.i1.296