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.

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Preface.- Introduction.- PART I: Keynotes.- 1 Weather and Climate: Scientific Problems - 2 Climate Change and the Balkans: Real Concern or 'Useless Arithmetic'.- 3 Global change and related impacts.- 4 Society, Science and Action.- PART II: Global change and climate change in Southeastern Europe.- 5 Climate modeling beyond the complexity: Challenges in model-building.- 6 Changes in different type of clouds in south-eastern part of Europe.- 7 Climate change research in Republic of Macedonia in the XXI century .- 8 The impact of climate change on the precipitation regime in Bosnia and Herzegovina .- 9 Climatological analysis of the synoptic situations causing torrential precipitation events in Bulgaria during the period 1961¿2007.- PART III: Environmental Impacts.- 10 A summary on sector and region specific economic impact and vulnerability assessments by case studies in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.- 11 CECILIA ¿ EC FP6 Project on the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Central and Eastern Europe.- 12 Vulnerabilities and adaptation options of European agriculture - recent results from the ADAGIO project .- 13 Impact of expected changes of climate to the water resources and power sector in Albania.- 14 Forests in Serbia as the factor of soil and water protection against degradation in the condition of global climate changes.- PART IV: Impacts on society and economy.- 15 Climate change impacts on tourism.- 16 Heavy rain and social impact in Albania.- 17 Effects of air pollution on red blood cells in children.- 18 Change in surface water resources as a challenge to Moldoväs society.- 19 Long-term trends of lead-210 activity concentration in the ground-level air in Finland and Bulgaria.- PART V: From global to local and vice versa.- 20 Drought management center for Southeastern Europe.- 21 The role of local communities in revising the National Action Programme for mitigating drought, preventing and combating desertification: lessons fromRomania.- 22 Strengthening capacities in Western Balkan countries to address environmental problems through remediation of high priority hot spots.- 23 Pilot training programme for integration of global environmental concerns into the regional and spatial planning process in Bulgaria.- Index