SME4SMARTCITIES in Israel: the effect of the urban heat patterns in Tel Aviv

Prof. Oded Potcher presents research findings and emerging patterns of increasing urban heat in the city of Tel Aviv.

Prof. Potcher is the Vice Dean and Chair of The Academic Council Faculty of Society and Culture, Beit Berl College, and a researcher at the Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University.

The talk took place at the Entrepreneurial Mission meetings which have been organised in the frameworks of SME4SMARTCITIES project. The mission focused on the challenge of climate change readiness and mitigation - The increasing urban heat island and took place in May 2022. It was led by the Urban Innovation & Sustainability Lab, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University and the Dept. of Innovation & Sustainability, Kfar Saba Municipality.