Under the regional project Green Agenda: Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkans implemented by GIZ, this report establishes the empirical evidence base required to integrate climate resilience directly into Shkodra’s local climate action planning, future Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) updates, and municipal capital infrastructure procurement frameworks.
Shkodra combines a highly compact urban form, a unique active-mobility paradigm (with walking and cycling representing nearly two-thirds of daily trips), and an unreliable public transit network. Its highly complex hydrological location at the confluence of the Buna, Drin, and Kir rivers, paired with flat plain geography and climate-driven precipitation shifts, makes it one of the most climate-exposed urban centres in the region, with risks directly impacting the safety, comfort, and structural continuity of daily movement patterns.
