Urban Heat Islands: Understanding the context of climatic, cultural and physical conditions in urban environments.

Discover the various aspects of the built environment and Urban Heat Islands and learn how to develop more resilient cities!

In this intensive course, participants get an insight into the subject of “urban heat” and are offered the opportunity to develop GIS skills. The course systematically leads participants to learn about the relation between human-made and natural factors on the built environment, and how responsive planning and design strategies serve heat mitigation. During the course, participants are also acquainted to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or professionalise existing GIS-skills to map heat islands and mitigation strategies for different case areas in Cairo. Participants will work with climate data, interpret and discuss them with expert input and leverage their own experience of perceiving urban heat into a scientific context, leading to practical design solutions that respond to urban heat in a spatial, cultural, and social context.