Description:
<jats:p>In the last decade in particular, Serbia encountered the problems of drinking
water supply, which influenced the perception of professional public about
the water crisis but also started more intensive work on water resource
perseverance as well as the implementation of European Water Directive. One
of the main demands of the Directive focuses on integrated river basin
management (IRBM), which is a complex and a large task. The need to collect
data on water quality and quantity, specific and key issues of water
management in Juzna Morava river basin, pressures on river ecosystem, flood
risks and erosion problems, cross-border issues, socioeconomic processes,
agricultural development as well as protected areas, and also to give the
measures for solving problems and pressures recognized in the basin, is
undisputable. This paper focuses on detailed analysis of specific pressures
on river ecosystem and composition of recommendations for integrated
management of Juzna Morava river basin as cross-border river basin, taking
into the account European experiences in IRBM.</jats:p>