Climate change in Serbia and adaptation measures in the field of water resources management

Abstract

The paper presents the actual situation in the field of water, especially water as a resource. With an average amount of domestic water of about 1700 m3 per capita per year, Serbia is one of the poorest countries in Europe. The situation is even more unfavorable if space and time variability are taken into account. In the conditions of climate change, the situation regarding the available quantities of water will be even more unfavorable, with a decrease in average flows and more pronounced temporal variability. Therefore, the general strategic development of water resources management infrastructure is considered, as well as the necessity of planning complex integrated water resources systems, with reservoirs as the key elements of the systems, in order to use it rationally, regulate and protect water.