@conference{
author = "Bezbradica, Ljubiša and Milijić, Saša and Pantić, Marijana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The growth of population and the increased demand for clean water, the
reduction of living space, forests, and agricultural land, all command new,
innovative means of using and managing water basins and reservoirs in the
mountainous regions worldwide. Global warming and climate change have brought
on large oscillation of air temperature and annual distribution of precipitation in
highland regions of the Republic of Serbia as well. Prolonged dry periods are
followed by frequently intensive precipitation. Such extremes result in floods and
soil erosion. Among other functions, water reservoirs as major multifunctional
facilities greatly affect the outflow regime. By developing them, we have the
means to absorb flood flow during rainy periods, on the one hand, provide the
continuous water supply to the local population, secure the ecological minimum,
and prevent drying up of rivers during dry periods, on the other. Apart from
affecting water regimes, newly constructed water reservoirs considerably impact
the managing and use of space in the reservoir basins. This also affects
biodiversity, ecosystems, and the environment in general, which is thought to be
degraded in half the territory of the Earth. Introduction of protection measures,
restrictions, and prohibitions considerably affect land resources, resulting in the
increased forest areas, planned management of agricultural land, prevention of
unnecessary construction and opening of mines, as well as other activities that
cause water shortage and pollution, soil erosion, accumulation of mud deposits,
and similar. Constructing embankments and water course regulation downstream
reservoirs partly reduce flooding issues, as opposed the accumulation of deposits
and prolonged dry periods, still largely present. This commands the integral
analysis of the mountain basins issue and the preparation of technical, space
planning documentation, and feasibility studies for building new water reservoirs
as economically, socially, ecologically, and environmentally sustainable systems.
The Republic of Serbia has recognised the significance of building water reservoirs
in mountainous regions, and has devoted itself to protecting and preserving the
existing and planning the new water reservoirs.",
publisher = "Innsbruck : University of Innsbruck",
journal = "International Mountain Conference 2022 - online abstract publication",
title = "Urgency For Protecting The Existing And Developing New Water Reservoirs In Serbia",
pages = "549",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_664"
}