Online Journal of Earth Sciences
ISSN: Online 1994-4632ISSN: Print 1991-7708
Abstract
The distribution of the road network in Albania with a total length of about 18,000 km, of which 3794 km are national roads is conditioned by physico-geographic and socio-economic factors. The density of the overall road network is about 630 km/1000 km2 while that of the national road network is about 130 km/1000 km2 which is worth ranking Albania in the last group of world rankings, together with Romania and Bulgaria but behind all the Balkan countries. The study assesses and differentiates Albania’s national road network based on several statistical indicators, according to the administrative organization (municipalities and districts) approved by law no. 115/2014. The data sources are the road and topographic maps of the scales 1:100000 and 1:200000 as well as the data of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Local Affairs. Maps and images are georeferenced and processed in ArcGIS 10.2 where digital lines and road junctions and other geographic objects related to them are digitized.
How to cite this article:
Ibrahim Ramadani, Pal Nikolli and Ferim Gashi. Differentiation of Administrative Units of Albania by Length and Density of National Road
Network.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/ojesci.2020.17.27
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1991-7708/ojesci.2020.17.27