Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkan Mountains

TheWestern Balkans region

AUSTRIA

HUNGARY

SLOVENIA

Subotica

Tisza

Sesvete

Main peaks

ROMANIA

Danube

Zagreb

Drava

(more than 2 500 meters)

Kupa

Ski resorts

CROATIA

Osijek

Zrenjanin

Novi Sad

Rijeka

Dams

Slavonski Brod

Sava

Tamis

Protected areas

Pula

Pancevo

National Parks, Ramsar, Biosphere reserves, World Heritage Sites Nature, Natura 2000 (without purely marin areas), Nature Reserves and EMERALD sites and other protection categories

Bosna

Beograd

Una

Banja Luka

Sabac

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Smederevo

50 km

Tuzla

Danube

SERBIA

Morava

Valjevo Drina

Main cities

Vrbas

Zenica

Zadar

Kragujevac

Capital cities

Cacak

Sarajevo

Uzice

Other cities (more than 50 000 inhabitants)

Kraljevo

Timok

Krusevac

Split

Nis

Bobotov kuk

Elevation

Novi Pazar

Neretva

3 000

meters

Leskovac

MONTENEGRO

Pristina

Nikšić

Vranje

2 000

Kosovo*

Zla Kolata

Zeta

Jezercë

Daravica

Gjilane

Podgorica

1 500

Rosit

Radohimës

3 000 meters 2 000 1 000

Prizren

Grykat e Hapëta

Kumanovo

Drin

Ljuboten

Zezë

1 000

Skopje

Shkodër

Tetovo

Vardar

500

Korab

500 200 0

Jakupica

200

Kicevo

Prilep

Durrës

100

FYR MACEDONIA

Tirana

Kaimakchalan

Pelister

Bitola

Elbasan

0

Fier

Korçë

Seman

GREECE

Vlorë

Gramos

Vjose

ALBANIA

Sources:UN,2015, “WorldUrbanizationProspects.The2014Revision”, UNDepartmentofSocialA airs-PopulationDivision; International Union forConservationofNature,2014, “WorldDatabaseonProtected Areas” (protectedplanet.net,accessOctober2015);nevasport.com (accessOctober2015);U.Schwarz,2015, “Hydropower Projects in ProtectedAreas in theBalkanRegion”,RiverWatchandEuronatur.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

1 000 km

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