Global Environmental Change: Challenges to Science and Society in Southeastern Europe: Selected Papers presented in the International Conference held [Hardcover]

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 19612007.- 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.- Moldovias 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 fl“(