Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkan Mountains
Water
Water uses Agricultural
Millions of m 3 per year Water withdrawal
Dams
Major Danube river sub-basins
Industrial
Tisza
Major Mediterranean sub-basins
Municipal
CROATIA
Danube
630
Drava
Rivers with projected reduced flow in the 2050s (reduction of at least 30% in one day minimun flow)
Kupa
Sava
Tamis
2014 flood most a ected zones
Una
SERBIA
4 121
50 km
Vrbas
Bosna
Drina
Morava
Timok
Cetina
No data available for industrial and municipal uses
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
330
Neretva
Water stress
MONTENEGRO
Ratio of total annual water withdrawals to total available annual renewable supply, accounting for upstream consumptive use. Higher values indicate more competition among users.
161
Zeta
Kosovo*
No data available for Kosovo*
Vardar
CROATIA
FYR MACEDONIA
SERBIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
1 028
10 % Low Low to medium
MONTENEGRO
20 %
Kosovo*
Medium to high
ALBANIA
Seman
High 40 % 80%
1 310
FYR MACEDONIA
*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.
Extremely high
100 km
ALBANIA
Sources: InternationalCommission for the Protectionof theDanubeRiver (ICPDR),2009, “DanubeRiverBasinDistrict. Overview”;U.Schwarz, 2015, “Hydropower Projects in ProtectedAreas in theBalkanRegion”,RiverWatchandEuronatur;C.Schneideretal.,2013, “Howwillclimate changemodify riverflow regimes inEurope?”,HydrologyandEarthSystemSciences,n.17,pp.325-339;Reliefweb, “Balkans:Floods-May2014 ” (reliefweb.int,access October2015); Aquastat (fao.org,accessOctober2015);Aqueduct, “WaterRiskAtlas”,WorldResources Institute.
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