List of Figures Figure 1: Tirana’s Skyline & Dajti Mountain // Source: Author, 2021
Figure 2: Urban Water Cycle // Source: Author, 2021 Figure 3: Methodologies Applied and the Research Process
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// Source: Author, 2021 // Based on: Donelson, 2016 Figure 4: Copenhagen Cloudburst Plan-Retention Area
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// Source: Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl, 2014 Figure 5: Copenhagen Cloudburst Plan-Toolkit // Source: Oppla, n. d. a
Figure 6: Milan’s Vertical Forest // Source: Oppla, n.d. b Figure 7: Skanderbeg Square, Tirana // Source: Dujardin, 2019 Figure 8: Timeline of Tirana’s urban expansion through years
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// Source: Author, 2021 // Based on Spaan, (2018) Figure 9: The Interlocking Crisis of the State of Infrastructure and Public Spaces
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in Tirana After the Fall of Communism // Source: Bufi, 2019
Figure 10: Köppen Climate Types of Albania // Source: Wikipedia, n.d. Figure 11: Comparison of the Average Precipitation Value with the Precipitation
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of the Last Ten Years in Tirana // Source: Author 2021 // Based on Municipality of Tirana, 2015; IGEWE, 2020 Figure 12: Annual Rainfall of Tirana (1931-2020) // Source: Author 2021
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// Based on Municipality of Tirana, 2015; IGEWE, 2020 Figure 13: Changes in Annual Precipitation of Tirana (1931-2020) // Source: Author 2021
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Figure 14: Urban Water Cycle in Tirana // Source: Author, 2021 // Based on TWSSU, 2020
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Figure 15: Section a-a // Source: Author, 2021 // Based on Vako, 2014
Figure 16: Geology Map of Tirana (Types of Soils) // Source: Author, 2021 // Based on Vako, 2014 Figure 17: Hydrogeology Map of Tirana // Source: Author, 2021 // Based on Vako, 2014 Figure 18: Climate change legislation hierarchy in Albania // Source: Author, 2021
Figure 19: Skanderbeg Square, Tirana // Source: Dujardin, 2019 Figure 20: Skanderbeg Square, Tirana // Source: Dujardin, 2019
Figure 21: Deshmoret e Kombit Boulevard from Mother Teresa Square // Source: Author, 2021
Figure 22: The Square in Front of the Sport Area - Pictured from Mother Teresa Square
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// Source: Author, 2021 Figure 23: Urban, Natural and WSUD Water Balance // Source: Author, 2021
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Figure 24: Concept diagram for WSUD // Source: CIRIA 2013 // Graphic: Author, 2021
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Figure 26: An Example of Green-Active Roof in Rotterdam
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Figure 25: The WSUD Toolkit // Source: Author, 2021 53 // Source: Rotterdam Innovation City, n.d. Figure 27: A Green Facade Combinate with Green Roof // Source: semper green wall, n.d. Figure 28: Tanner Springs Park, Portland, Oregon // Source: Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl, 2010
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