Smart Cities

In recent years, there has been a noticeable change in the attitude of local authorities in Israel towards the need to deal with the problem of urban heat. Photo: Pixabay

How to cool down a hot city: New guide helps authorities fight urban heat

In an era of record-breaking temperatures and scorching neighborhoods, cities must prepare for next summer – now. A new professional document provides local authorities with practical tools to cool the street, the neighborhood, and the entire city.
A flying meteorologist in action. Tel Aviv bat. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Meteorologists with wings

Bats, urban heat islands, Tel Aviv University, zoology, geography, interdisciplinary research, biologically assisted sampling, smart cities, the Internet of Things, air pollution,
Illustration - Renewed Hope: Dealing with the problem of flooding in an old urban fabric, a moral paradise, within the framework of the Climate Crisis and Environment Studio _ LandBasics Local Landscapes under the guidance of: Matanya Zak, Aliza Broida, Isabella Levy. Final project in landscape architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning - Technion

The architects of change

A green city? This is not a paradox. An optimistic look at a differently designed future, through the final projects of the landscape architecture course at the Technion, which dealt with creative solutions for a more sustainable planning of the Israeli space
Circular economy. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Mobility is much more than vehicles

Dassault Systèmes recently presented at its 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2022 virtual conference the tools for planning electric cars and many other products in a way that will bring us closer to a circular economy
smart city Image: from PIXABAY.COM

The smart cities program has been launched

Illustration: pixabay.

Smart cities turn trash into a resource

Positive cities act as one organism integrated into the environment. Pictured - NASA's Sustainability Base Center. Source: NASA.

How "smart cities" can save the planet

Transportation networks of vehicles equipped with sensors and smart nodes will change from end to end the way we move in the city. Illustration: Jaguar MENA / Flickr.

How driverless cars will change life in the city

A healthy city. Illustration: shutterstock

Reflections - Cultivating healthy cities / Bracha Reger and Milka Donhin