Global Environmental Change: Challenges to Science and Society in Southeastern Europe

Selected Papers Presented in the International Conference Held 19-21 May 2008 in Sofia Bulgaria
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-481-8694-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1340 g

a:NationalCoordinationCenterforGlobalChange,BulgarianAcademyofSciences, 370 pp. (Todor Hristov, C. Gregory Knight, Dimitar Mishev, Marieta P. Staneva, editors; in Bulgarian).ISBN954-90485-1-9. 2 2000.So a:NationalCoordinationCenterforGlobalChange,BulgarianAcademyofSciences, 350+viiipp.(MarietaP.Staneva,C.GregoryKnight,TodorN.Hristov,DimitarMishev,editors). ISBN954-90485-2-7. v vi Preface Duringthatinterim,oneoftheresearchprioritieswasinitiated,namelyastudy ofthe1982–1994Bulgariandroughtasananalogoffutureclimatechange,realized asaprojectcoordinatedinBulgariabyProfessorIvanRaevoftheForestResearch InstituteandintheUSbyC.GregoryKnightofthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity, withfundingfromtheUSNationalScienceFoundationviaCIRA.Thatprojectalso resultedintwobooks, Zasuxavaneto v B lgari: s vremenen analog za 3 klimatiqni promeni and Drought in Bulgaria: A Contemporary Analog of 4 ClimateChange. The NCCGC played an important role in the creation of the Industrial TransformationSciencePlanoftheInternationalHumanDimensionsProgramme in1998–1999.TheCentrealsoco-sponsoredaworkshoponIntegratedRegional Assessment of Climate Change held in Budapest in 1999 and hosted the So a workshoponHumanDimensionsofGlobalChangein2000.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexandrov, Vesselin

Gajdusek, Martin Felix

Knight, C Gregory

Yotova, Antoaneta

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

KEYNOTES.- Weather and Climate – Difficult Science Problems.- Climate Change and the Balkans: Real Concern or “Useless Arithmetic”.- Global Environmental Change and Related Impacts.- Science, Society and Action.- GLOBAL CHANGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN SEE.- Climate Modelling Beyond the Complexity: Challenges in Model-Building.- Changes in Different Type of Clouds in South-Eastern Europe in Association with Climate Change.- Research on 21st Century Climate Change in the Republic of Macedonia.- The Impact of Climate Change on the Precipitation Regime in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Climatological Analysis of the Synoptic Situations Causing Torrential Precipitation Events in Bulgaria over the Period 1961–2007.- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.- A Summary of Sector and Region Specific Economic Impact and Vulnerability Assessments by Case Study in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.- Cecilia – EC FP6 Project on the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Central and Eastern Europe.- Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Options of European Agriculture.- Projection of Climate Change for South East Europe and Related Impacts.- Forests in Serbia as Factor of Soil and Water Protection Against Degradation in the Conditions of Global Climate Changes.- IMPACTS ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY.- Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism.- The Social Impact of Heavy Rains in Albania.- Effects of Chronic Exposure to Urban Air Pollution on Red Blood Cells in Children.- Moldovia’s Challenge in the Face of Surface Water Resource Changes.- Long-Term Trends of Lead-210 Concentrations in the Ground-Level Air in Finland and Bulgaria.- FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL AND VICE VERSA.- Drought Management Centre for South Eastern Europe.- The Role of Local Communities in Revising National Action Programs to Mitigate Drought, and Preventand Combat Desertification: Lessons from Romania.- Strengthening Capacities in Western Balkan Countries to Address Environmental Problems Through Remediation of High Priority Hot Spots.- Pilot Training Programme for Integration of Global Environmental Concerns into the Regional and Spatial Planning Process in Bulgaria.