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Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the part of the European continent, which is highly exposed to the climate change and its consequences. Climate change during the 1966–2015 periods over the Doboj area, which was chosen for case study region, was determined. Results show that the increasing trend in annual and seasonal air temperatures is present over the Doboj area. Precipitation also displayed upward trends throughout the year. Climate change in this area is manifested in a higher frequency and intensity of extreme climate events. The paper addresses the issue of the catastrophic floods, which occurred in May 2014 over the Doboj territory. Regardless the previous research on climate change, the results of which are presented in three national reports under the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, public awareness is not sufficiently focused on the consequences of these changes, and local communities have not shown sufficient readiness to response to the natural disasters caused by climate change. The system of measures aimed towards the adaptation and mitigation on the observed changes is proposed in order to achieve sustainable development of this area.
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This paper was realized in the framework of the International Scientific Conference on Climate Change Adaptation in Eastern Europe organized by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, University of Banja Luka (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics), University of Belgrade (Faculty of Geography) and International Climate Change Information Programme. The authors highly appreciate comments of reviewers that led to a notably improvement of the paper. The authors also wish to thank the one anonymous reviewer for the in-depth review of the paper and for the helpful comments.
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Vidić, D., Delić, D. (2019). Analysis of the Climate Change in the Doboj Municipality and Adaptation Options. In: Leal Filho, W., Trbic, G., Filipovic, D. (eds) Climate Change Adaptation in Eastern Europe. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03383-5_4
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