Dragan Milosevic

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• PhD in Geosciences
• Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research

This study uses the MUKLIMO_3 urban climate model (in German, Mikroskaliges Urbanes KLImaMOdell in 3-Dimensionen) and measurements from an urban climate network in order to simulate, validate and analyse the spatiotemporal pattern of human thermal comfort outdoors in the city of Brno (Czech Republic) during a heat-wave period. HUMIDEX, a heat index...

A comprehensive analysis of meteorological (air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and global radiation) and outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) conditions (Physiological Equivalent Temperature and Mean Radiant Temperature) was carried out in six Local Climate Zones (LCZs) in Ghent (Belgium) on annual and seasonal level (2017) and during two heat...

A comprehensive analysis of air temperature (Ta) dynamics in "local climate zones" (LCZs) of Novi Sad (Serbia) was based on measurements from 17 stations during 3 years. Hourly changes of Ta , cooling rates (CR), heating rates (HR), and urban heat island (UHI) intensity were assessed on seasonal and annual level and during heat wave (HW) and cold w...

Sensing and measuring meteorological and physiological parameters of humans, animals, and plants are necessary to understand the complex interactions that occur between atmospheric processes and the health of the living organisms. Advanced sensing technologies have provided both meteorological and biological data across increasingly vast spatial, s...

Urban overheating (due to climate change and urbanization) and COVID-19 are two converging crises that must be addressed in tandem. Fine-scale, place-based, people-centric biometeorological and behavioral data are needed to implement context-specific preventative measures such as mask-wearing. This study collected local biometeorological measuremen...

This paper assessed aridity and humidity conditions in Bačka (north Serbia) in the period 1949–2018. The assessment was based on the analysis of air temperature and total precipitation from 5 meteorological stations. Spatio-temporal changes were determined based on aridity indices, statistical and interpolation procedures. The Mann–Kendall indicate...

Urban downtown areas are often overheated and contribute to the creation of urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. Implementation of trees is considered an effective way to mitigate UHI and improve outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) in densely built-up areas. This study aims to investigate the potential of applying additional trees in planters to mitigate...

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are frequently implemented without taking the system’s perspective into account and with the main focus on technical and economic issues of implementation. This study was conducted to test the hypothesis on the potential synergistic effects between circularity and NBS to holistically tackle urban challenges. The main ob...

A commonly addressed aspect of urban planning involves the integration of nature-based solutions (NBS). Before applying NBS, acquiring stakeholders' viewpoints, e.g., city councils, local governments, and academia, contributes to the successful application and thus to mitigation of global challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, wat...

Increasing thermal risk in cities is endangering the health and well-being of urban population and is driven by climate change and intensive urbanization. Therefore, if we plan to enlarge the capacities of cities to be more climate resilient in the 21st century, more detailed monitoring of urban climate on local and micro scales is needed. For this...

Climate change has been recognized as an important issue in public health, with particular concerns being raised about the effects of heat and cold extremes on health, and about seasonal changes over the year and their associations with increased mortality and hospitalizations. This paper explored the relationship between physiological equivalent t...

In urban environments, people's exposure to harmful ambient conditions and noise represents a particular challenge in the modern world. Global climate change and increasing population density, along with the increasing number of vehicles in urban areas, are constantly exacerbating this problem. The idea of this study is to assess the effects of tem...

Thermal comfort assessments at local or micro-scales within urban areas can provide crucial insights for the urban adaptation strategies pertaining to climate-conscious urban planning and public health. However, the availability of long-term or mid-term daily or hourly meteorological data sets from urban environments remains a significant challenge...

Globalne klimatske promjene su proces koji neminovno zahvata prostor evropskog kontinenta, pa samim tim i Bosnu i Hercegovinu i druge zemlje Zapadnog Balkana, koje su smještene na prostoru jugoistočne Evrope. Sve intenzivniji i dugotrajniji topli talasi (naročito tokom ljetnjeg perioda), pojava intenzivnih hladnih talasa zimi, intenzivni kratkotraj...

In October 2021, the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) has awarded four years (2021-2025) of funding to the "FAIR network of micrometeorological measurement" (FAIRNESS) Action to increase readiness, support knowledge-exchange and foster a strong background for future research and innovation focused on micrometeorological measure...

Hot summers with intensive heatwaves and extreme temperatures lead to strong heat-related health problems across European cities. Up to now, a limited number of studies have investigated the potential of nature-based solutions to mitigate extreme heat and to quantify their cooling potential in the cities of Serbia. Most of the published researched...

Projections of climate change indicate that there will be an increase in the frequency and intensity of rainfall events across Europe (particularly heavy precipitations), and with ongoing urbanization, the problem of pluvial flooding will certainly require more attention. There are currently about 20 completed or active international projects relat...

Urbanization of the cities is an ongoing trend that tends to continue during the 21st century, even though it is related to various urban issues such as air pollution, noise pollution, biodiversity loss, extreme weather events, health risks, etc. Nature-based solutions emerged as popular concept that relies on implementing natural assets and proces...

The health, well-being and comfort of urban residents are under a substantial pressure from increasing urban heat due to the intensified urbanization and climate change. Nevertheless, many open questions remain as to why, when and where heat stress occurs in the city. To answer these questions, detailed spatial and temporal meteorological data are...

In the context of recent climate change, temperature-attributable mortality has become an important public health threat worldwide. A large number of studies in Europe have identified a relationship between temperature and mortality, while only a limited number of scholars provided evidence for Serbia. In order to provide more evidence for better m...

In the last one or one and a half decade the urban climate monitoring has growing rapidly by deployment the Urban meteorological networks (UMNs) in the cities worldwide. These UMNs, that represented from a dozen to few hundred stations with various sensor types, mostly monitored local level climate conditions, but during the time their datasets sta...

Impact of climate change on human health have become one of the most important concerns in 21st century, particularly in heat-related mortality. It is well documented that heatwaves (HW) are associated with increased mortality. In order to better understand heatwave alerts in Serbia, we examined mortality risk in relation with HW characteristics: i...

Increasing thermal risk in cities is endangering the health and well-being of urban population and is driven by climate change and intensive urbanization. Therefore, if we plan to enlarge the capacities of cities to be more climate resilient in the 21 st century, more detailed monitoring of urban climate on local and micro scales is needed. For thi...

A combination of increasingly hot summer days and urbanization processes in cities will further modify urban thermal conditions compared to climate in rural/non-urbanized environments, and as a consequence urban-rural and intra-urban thermal differences will be amplified. Obviously, that will increase heat load in cities and will intensify problems...

In October 2021, the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) has awarded four years (2021-2025) of funding to the “FAIR network of micrometeorological measurement” (FAIRNESS). The project action supporting knowledge exchange and foster a strong background for future research and innovation focused on micrometeorological measurements a...

The climate risk profile and climate change projections indicate that Serbia will face a high probability of continued temperature increase, which will be intensified in urban areas due to the urban heat island effect. To develop heat mitigation strategies and guidelines for Serbian cities, detailed spatial and temporal micrometeorological data are...

Increased intensity and frequency of extreme heat events are especially pronounced in urban areas where most of the global population live. These events demand proper response of authorities and businesses to improve outdoor thermal comfort and mitigate the heat. In this study we discuss the effectiveness of evaporative cooling misters in improving...

Extreme Heat in Serbia" is a short-term project realized in 2022 and financed by the American Red Cross and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center. Before the project, there were only a limited number of studies investigating heat-related mortality and hospital admissions in Serbia. The project filled this research gap by identifying the heat-heal...

Long- and short-term biometeorological conditions in the Republic of Serbia were analyzed using official meteorological data from numerous weather stations located across the country. Selected biometeorological indices HUMIDEX, Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET), and Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) are calculated based on air tempe...

The development of a knowledge repository for climate science data is a multidisciplinary effort between the domain experts (climate scientists), data engineers who's skills include design and building a knowledge repository, and machine learning researchers who provide expertise on data preparation tasks such as gap filling and advise on different...

To improve the urban environment in general and contribute to the greening of urban areas in the cities of Central and Southeastern Europe, an international project was implemented in the period 2019-2022. The GReENERGY project is an international/cross-border project that is implemented in Europe, with the aim to improve the environmental conditio...

Incorporating green infrastructure such as green walls and green roofs as nature-based solutions for the urban environment has the potential to mitigate climate change, enhance climate resilience, increase urban circularity and biodiversity, reduce urban heat island (UHI) and surface urban heat island (SUHI) intensities, reduce energy consumption i...

Intensive urbanization and climate change are issues that are affecting majority of the urban areas around the world. Traditional artificial materials that are dominant in most of the cities are enhancing thermal stress that is very pronounced in the summertime especially in urban areas. Different local and micro locations develop their own specifi...

The development of a knowledge repository for climate science data is a multidisciplinary effort between the domain experts (climate scientists), data engineers whos skills include design and building a knowledge repository, and machine learning researchers who provide expertise on data preparation tasks such as gap filling and advise on different...

Due to the intensive growth of the city population, and thus the very intensive process of urbanization, in the last few decades, there is a need to establish a concept that would enable further development of society, but on the principles of sustainability and in accordance with nature-based solutions. High environmental pressure in urban areas i...

This dataset captures hourly air temperature data from 12 urban sites in Novi Sad (Serbia) over a period of 2 years covering 2016 and 2017. There are 2 datasets in the collection: one dataset provides details about the 12 sites at which the temperature sensors are placed (Table 1, excel file), while the second file contains air temperature data at...

Increased temperature risk in cities threatens the health and well-being of urban population and is fueled by climate change and intensive urbanization. Consequently, further steps must be taken for assessing temperature conditions in cities and their association with public health, in order to improve public health prevention at local or regional...

According to climate change, an increase in various extreme climate and weather events, such as heavy precipitation, storm weather, longer drought period, tropical cyclones, snow blizzard, and among them more frequent and severe heat waves, can be expected in coming decades (IPCC, 2021)........

Due to rapid urbanisation, urban microclimate research has become increasingly popular in the last decade. Significant variation in microclimate conditions can be created due to diversity in urban geometry and it can affect outdoor thermal comfort. Biometeorological measurements and survey were conducted in different urban settings (square, park, s...

Climate change at the regional and local levels is forcing strong implementation of urban adaptation strategies related to climate-conscious urbanization and public health. Accordingly, the application of parameters that assess thermal stress in urban areas, such as outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) indices, is of paramount importance. As a contributio...

Most of the world’s population now lives in urban areas that have different urban climates and environmental characteristics with elevated temperatures, frequent heat stress, and air pollution due to urbanization and climate change. These processes affect the daily lives of citizens worldwide, however, detailed spatial and temporal meteorological a...

Extreme temperature events driven by climate change have been recognized as an important concern for the public health, and these threats have been particularly identified in rapidly growing urban settlements around the world. The impact of extremely hot and cold weather, as well as seasonal air temperature changes are associated with increased mor...

Assessment of climate in urban environments strongly relies on the quality and resolution of meteorological data. Intensive urbanization processes in urban environments affect and modify local climates so the traditional weather stations located on the outskirts of the urban areas can hardly be considered in the analysis of local climate. Technolog...

Detailed spatial and temporal micrometeorological data are crucial for tracking extreme heat and evaluating the heat mitigation potential of different strategies in cities. Field campaigns were performed in the city of Novi Sad (Serbia) on hot summer days during the period 2020-2022 to quantify the thermal conditions across the city. The micrometeo...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) present an opportunity to reduce rising temperatures and the urban heat island effect. A multi-scale study in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, evaluates the effect of NbS on air and land surface temperature through two field campaigns at the micro and meso scales, using in situ measurements and LANDSAT imagery. This research d...

Reliable and sufficient knowledge on environmental conditions delivered from micrometeorological and microclimatological data plays a central role in assessing and modelling trends and effects of climate change and adverse weather on the environment. Enormous efforts have already been made to centralise data from ground-based and satellite measurem...

In this study, air temperature and precipitation seasonality and their correlation with large-scale atmospheric circulations over the Sava River Basin (SRB), i.e., over the areas of Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia, are analyzed. We used daily air temperature and precipitation measurements from 12 meteorological stations for the period from 1981 to 20...

Urban climate (UC) is an increasingly important scientific field that addresses the interactions between cities and the atmosphere. The "intensification" of UC research in recent decades has certainly been motivated by intensified urbanization and climate change that, for example, impact human health and comfort, air quality and energy consumption...

Intensive urbanization and global warming are impacting the health and well-being of urban population. Nevertheless, urban environments with different designs will have different micro and local climate conditions. This study used data from micrometeorological measurements performed in different urban spaces (downtown, urban park, riverside) in Ban...

The intensive rate of urbanization in the 20th and 21st century means that addressing climate-related elements such as urban heat, that endanger urban population health and well-being, needs to be a top political priority, and a central component of mitigation and adaptation plans. The aims of this communication are to address the impacts of urban...

This study aims to investigate spatial and temporal dynamics and relationship between air temperature and five air humidity parameters (relative humidity, water vapor pressure, absolute humidity, specific humidity, and vapor pressure deficit) in Novi Sad, Serbia, based on two-year data (Dec 2015-Dec 2017). The analysis includes different urban area...

Various micro-scale models for comparing alternative design concepts have been developed in recent decades. The objective of this study is to provide an overview of current user-friendly micro-climate models. In the results, a vast majority of models identified were excluded from the review because the models were not micro-scale, lacking a user-in...

For the trend analysis of the annual, seasonal and monthly precipitation linear regression and Mann-Kendall (MK) tests at the 5% significance level were applied. In this study, precipitation data from two stations in Serbia for the 1949-2019 period were used. Results indicate that increasing trends of precipitation for the selected station can be o...

A framework developed by the COST Action Circular City (an EU-funded network of 500+ scientists from 40+ countries; COST = Cooperation in Science and Technology) for addressing Urban Circularity Challenges (UCCs) with nature-based solutions (NBSs) was analyzed by various urban sectors which refer to different fields of activities for circular manag...

A novel framework is presented that aims to guide practitioners and decision makers toward a better understanding of the role of nature-based solutions (NBS) in the enhancement of resources management in cities, and the mainstreaming of NBS in the urban fabric. Existing frameworks describing the use of NBS to address urban challenges do not specifi...

Water in the city is typically exploited in a linear process, in which most of it is polluted, treated, and discharged; during this process, valuable nutrients are lost in the treatment process instead of being cycled back and used in urban agriculture or green space. The purpose of this paper is to advance a new paradigm to close water cycles in c...

Temporal and spatial variability of annual and seasonal precipitation from 71 stations located in Western Balkan (WB) countries (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro) and their correlations with nine atmospheric circulation patterns was examined for the period 1950-2016. Annual precipitation increased significantly throughout the WB (from...

In the light of climate change and burgeoning urbanization, heat loads in urban areas have emerged as serious issues, affecting the well-being of the population and the environment. In response to a pressing need for more standardised and communicable research into urban climate, the concept of local climate zones (LCZs) has been created. This conc...

An urban environment defines a specific micro-climate which directly affects the quality of life in urbanized areas and often has a negative impact on urban populations. Phenomena like urban heat and surface heat islands are direct products of an urban lifestyle. Urban meteorological networks (UMNs) are a tool that can help to better understand and...

One of the core elements of tourism development is to encourage local communities' participation, as this is crucial to the sustainability of tourism industry. This study seeks to explore the perception of and satisfaction with tourism development in the Uvac Special Nature Reserve among local communities. The paper examines the relationships among...

Urban meteorological network (UMN) was established in the Central European City of Novi Sad (Serbia) based on "local climate zones" (LCZs) system. Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) index was used for the assessment of outdoor thermal comfort in the "built" and "land cover" LCZ classes of Novi Sad. The index was calculated in the RayMan s...

In this study, the Local Climate Zones (LCZs) in Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia, are analysed as to surface temperature differences. The LCZs were delineated on the basis of the GIS-based method created by Geletič & Lehnert (2016). Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs) were derived from the satellites Terra, sensor ASTER, and LANDSAT-8. The...

Saline habitats of the Pannonian plain are specific regarding their extraordinary biodiversity with many endemic species, yet they are among the most threatened European Communities with limited spatial distribution. These habitats are present in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the North of Serbia, in the area of Srednja Mostonga, and they...

Hot summers with several intensive heat waves lead to strong heat-related mortality in Central and Southeast European cities. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate association between maximum temperature and mortality during the summer period in 2015 and to contribute to the future long-term assessment of heat-related mortality in urban p...

Mitigation of overheating in streets is an important task for urban planners and architects. Urban surfaces in streets, such as footways and façades, can contribute to increase overheating in cities, whereas the trees can help to decrease insolation. In this paper we created an algorithm to determine optimal distance between the trees in a street...

This publication presents results of URBAN-PREX project (full title: Monitoring, forecasting and development of online public early warning system for extreme precipitations and pluvial floods in urban areas in the Hungarian-Serbian cross-border region), co-financed by Interreg-IPA CBC Hungary-Serbia programme, i.e. by European Union. This project...

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of precipitation and pluvial flood occurrences in urban areas of Central Europe, as well as in cities of Hungary and Republic of Serbia. Thus, we proposed project named “Monitoring, forecasting and development of online public early warning system for extreme precipitations and pluv...

Climate change is one of the most important issues of anthropogenic activities. The increasing drought conditions can cause water shortage and heat waves and can influence the agricultural production or the water supply of cities. The Carpathian region is also affected by this phenomenon; thus, we aimed at identifying the tendencies between 1960 an...

Floods are one of the most common natural hazards and as such, they are causing a great loss of human life as well as great economic damages. Flood frequency analysis (FFA) is still an active and popular field of research among geographers. In this study we have performed regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA) using the L-moments method and annua...

We present the first comprehensive study of air temperature (T a) dynamics in seven Local Climate Zones (LCZs) of Novi Sad (Serbia) based on measurements from 17 stations during 3-year period (2014-2017). LCZs temperature dynamics were analyzed on seasonal and annual level and during heat and cold wave periods. Stations are located in six built-up...

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) is measure for urban ecosystems restoration and rehabilitation and is presented as an instrument for urban heat island (UHI) effects mitigation. Based on global climate change processes, the urban areas, particularly middle- and large-sized cities are affected by intense UHI phenomena. The climate in urban areas is modi...

This study analyzes inter- and intra-zonal seasonal variability of surface urban heat islands (SUHIs) within the methodological framework of local climate zones (LCZs) in three central European cities (Prague, Brno and Novi Sad). These cities differ in urban area and structure as well as in topography and hinterland land-cover features. LCZs were d...

Land surface temperatures (LST) between the Local Climate Zones (LCZs) in Novi Sad, thesecond largest city in Serbia, are analysed. The LCZs were delineated on the basis of the GIS-based method create d by Geletič – Lehnert (2016). Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs) were derived from the satellites: Terra, sensor ASTER, and LANDSAT-8. The thermal ima...

Abstract An increasing number of urban meteorological networks (UMNs) and automated data acquisition are irreplaceable tools in modern urban climate monitoring, evaluation, and analysis. The most serious issue in such systems is data loss, caused primarily by communication problems between stations and servers. The Novi Sad Urban Network (NSUNET) c...

The main goal of this research is to assess risk and map methodologies for the study of intensive heat waves in Novi Sad’s urban area. Novi Sad is the second largest city in the Republic of Serbia, with a built-up area of 102 km² and the population of 330,000 (data as of 2017). Intensive heat waves are a frequently occurring hazard in Central and S...

Monitoring and recording large time series of data and making them available for studying-are the key roles of environmental monitoring systems. This study produce review of three different measurement monitoring systems (NSUNET, WAHASTRAT and MERIEXWA) with same design, which were placed during different time frame in the Northern Serbia (Vojvodin...

Analysis of urban climate is important for understanding the conditions under which heat waves and other meteorological events occur in urban environment. In this paper are analyzed air temperature values and differences in Novi Sad during heat wave period (4-15th August 2015)based on data from the network of urban meteorological stations establish...

Long-term relative humidity (RH) data (2014-2017) from 17 stations located in Central European city of Novi Sad (Serbia) was analyzed in order to obtain intra-urban RH differences and patterns. Stations are located in different built-up and land cover zones (i.e. "Local Climate Zones") of Novi Sad and its natural surroundings covering an area of 11...

Rivers on territory of the Republic of Serbia can be separated to three sea drainage basins: Black, Adriatic and Aegean. Majority of rivers belong to the Black Sea drainage basin. The Danube is the most important river in Serbia and one of the most important rivers of Europe. All rivers investigated in this paper represent direct or indirect tribut...

Risk assessment and mapping methodologies for heat waves as frequently occurring hazards in central and southeastern Europe were applied in this study, and the impact of heat waves on the mortality of urban populations was determined as part of the assessment. The methodology for conducting the heat wave risk assessment is based on European Commiss...

Urban meteorological network (UMN) was established in the Central European City of Novi Sad (Serbia) based on ‘local climate zones’ (LCZs) system. Physiologically Equivalent Temper-ature (PET) index was used for the assessment of outdoor thermal comfort in the ‘built’ and ‘land cover’ LCZ classes of Novi Sad. The index was calculated in the RayMan...

There is a strong need for user-friendly software among urban planners and climatologists in order to develop climatologically conscious urban designs. In this paper we present possibilities (i.e. software packages) for the improvement of outdoor thermal comfort in built urban environments using Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) calculations....

This paper examines temporal and spatial patterns of annual and seasonal maximum temperatures (Tmax) in Slovenia and their relationship with atmospheric circulation patterns. A significant increase in maximum temperature (Tmax; from 0.3°C to 0.5°C∙decade−¹) was observed throughout the country at the annual scale in the period 1963–2014. Significant...

Locations of trees in street parking lots (SPL) impact outdoor thermal comfort and should be considered during the urban planning process. In this paper we developed a procedure for changing trees locations in order to improve outdoor thermal comfort on SPL and associated footways. Furthermore, a sensitivity test on the effect of different tree cro...

Due to excessive pollution, Veliki backi Canal (VBC) was turned into an open collection system for wastewater from food industry, farms and settlements. This lead to classification of the canal as a pollution "black spot" in Danube basin. As there is high percentage of residents living alongside the canal, VBC could represent potential health risk....

This paper examines temporal and spatial variability and trends of annual and seasonal precipitation in Slovenia and their relationship with three atmospheric circulation patterns represented by their indices: North Atlantic Oscillation index (NAOi), Mediterranean Oscillation index (MOi) and Western Mediterranean Oscillation index (WeMOi). Data fro...

This paper presents an urban climatological application of the urban monitoring systems – recently implemented in Szeged, Hungary and Novi Sad, Serbia – using the first set of data collected during the summer of 2014. In order to ensure a representative number and placement of stations, the selection of measurement sites was based on Local Climate...

In the last five years more than 30 articles have been published in scientific journals and conferences focused on urban climate research in Novi Sad. These researches were led by members from the Climatology and Hydrology Research Centre at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia), together with demographers, architects...