Haifa
General information
Demographics (according to CBS data from 2022):
מחוז: חיפה
מעמד מוניציפלי: עירייה
שטח (קמ”ר): 72.93
שנת פרסום תוכנית היערכות: 2021
צפיפות אוכלוסייה לקמ”ר: 4,417.7
סה”כ אוכלוסייה בסוף שנת 2022: 290,306
התפלגות גילים:
0-19: 25.4% | 20-64: 53.8% | בני 65 ומעלה: 20.8%
אחוז גידול האוכלוסייה לעומת השנה הקודמת: 2.7
מדד חברתי-כלכלי: אשכול 7
Number of missions in each threat - Haifa
Heat Threats - Haifa
Storms and floods - Haifa
חוצה איומים - חיפה
Fires - Haifa
Sea Level Rise - Haifa
| permission | task | threat | Field of operation | Secondary field of action | action | Operating factor | Application deadline | Step in the process | Response type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haifa | Enforcement: Require residents to remove hazards such as removing debris/pruning vegetation, etc. | Fires | Fire prevention | הסרת מפגעים | Enforcement and supervision of hazard removal | 2022 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | Open Space Values Survey (in progress) | heat | התאמת המרחב הציבורי להתחממות | Protecting urban ecosystems | Conducting a survey of open space values | 2022 | Forming a situational picture | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Sustainable school routines: saving electricity, reducing the use of paper and plastic, adopting urban nature, and more. | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | Education to address the climate crisis | Building and distributing educational programs on climate assessments | 2021 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Elementary School Environmental and Sustainability Program: Haifa Children Care for a Better Future - All Education Department Students Will Go Through the Program | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | Education to address the climate crisis | Building and distributing educational programs on climate assessments | 2021 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Environment and Climate Program for Middle Schools - All students in the Department of Education will complete the program. | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | Education to address the climate crisis | Building and distributing educational programs on climate assessments | 2024 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Environment and Climate Crisis Program Upper Division - All students in the Department of Education will take the program. | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | Education to address the climate crisis | Building and distributing educational programs on climate assessments | 2024 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Promoting the issue of green roofs in the Authority's buildings and in the private sector | heat | Climate-adapted construction | Acclimatization of roofs and facades | Building green, blue and brown roofs | 2021 | Application | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Sustainability training: Developing training and activities within the framework of informal education: Haredim, educators, authority employees, environmental activists - 10 groups per year. | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | Education to address the climate crisis | Building leadership and activity programs in informal education for climate assessments | 2024 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Urban buffer zone plan: Analysis of the existing condition of the city forest irrigation line, including reference to the terrain structure, wind regime, and vegetation type. The plan will include prioritization by sections/neighborhoods and specifications for implementation. | Fires | Fire prevention | Maintaining buffer zones | Building a municipal plan to protect the buffer zones | 2022 | Formulating a plan | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Preparation of a multi-year urban forestry plan (external consultant) | heat | Urban forest | Municipal policy for the urban forest | Formulating a multi-year plan for managing the city's wood resources | 2022 | Formulating a plan | administrative | |
| Haifa | Establishing volunteer neighborhood fire watch teams, including building a training and operating plan. The area of operation and what is required of the volunteers must be specified. | Fires | Responding to emergency fires | Establishing a local emergency team | גיוס מערך מתנדבים לחירום | 2022 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Establishing neighborhood fire watch teams, including building a training and operating plan. The area of operation and what is required of volunteers must be specified - a list of neighborhoods at risk, including prioritization | Fires | Responding to emergency fires | Establishing a local emergency team | גיוס מערך מתנדבים לחירום | 2022 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Energy independence for continuity of electricity supply: include an option in the plans and examine how to implement it | Crossing threats | היערכות לאירועי קיצון | Functional continuity | Ensuring power supply during emergencies | 2022 | Application | Emergency | |
| Haifa | הכנת בנק הנחיות הנוגעות להצללה | heat | shadowing | Implementing the shading guidelines | Implementing shading guidelines in building plans | 2022 | Institutionalization | administrative | |
| Haifa | Hiring an external consultant to update the drainage master plan. Plan: Mapping basins requiring treatment and defining implementation phases | Storms and floods | Flood prevention | Drainage infrastructure | הכנת תכנית אב לניקוז | 2031 | Formulating a plan | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Existing and required escape routes: mapping the existing ones and promoting the planning and implementation of required routes | Fires | Responding to emergency fires | Formation of a fire warning and evacuation network | Preparing an escape plan and traffic routes | 2022 | Institutionalization | Emergency | |
| Haifa | Mapping all water infrastructure (hydrants) and routes to fire stations | Fires | Responding to emergency fires | כיבוי השריפות | Preparing a water plan for firefighting | 2021 | Institutionalization | Emergency | |
| Haifa | Preparing a request to the Minister of the Interior regarding regulations being formulated for buffer zones. The draft regulations do not reflect suitability for a complex city-forest interface such as Haifa. Adapting a solution to each city-forest interface based on data on the ground should be promoted. | Fires | Fire prevention | Maintaining buffer zones | חיזוק שיתוף הפעולה עם הממשלה וגופים נוספים לתחזוק אזורי החיץ | 2021 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | Bat Galim Marine Nature Reserve | heat | התאמת המרחב הציבורי להתחממות | Protecting urban ecosystems | Implementing a planning policy that will protect unique ecological systems in the city in a natural way (green infrastructure/nature-based solutions) | 2024 | Institutionalization | administrative | |
| Haifa | Addition of trees in accordance with recommendations (implementation). | heat | Urban forest | Expanding the urban forest | Implementing a multi-year planting plan | 2026 | Application | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Creating an urban conceptual framework to promote a sustainable lifestyle in the community | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | שיתוף הקהילה בהיערכות עירונית | Creating community plans for climate change adaptation actions | 2021 | Formulating a plan | Community | |
| Haifa | Sustainable lifestyle initiatives in the neighborhood: initiated by the authority/residents - 3 sustainable neighborhoods each year | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | שיתוף הקהילה בהיערכות עירונית | Creating community plans for climate change adaptation actions | 2022 | Formulating a plan | Community | |
| Haifa | Determining a climate and environmental projection in terms of education, community, and urban resilience | Crossing threats | Adapting the municipality's work to the crisis | צוות היערכות לאקלים | Establish a dedicated team to promote and coordinate municipal climate change preparedness (can be established as a secondary team to the municipal sustainability team) | 2021 | Institutionalization | administrative | |
| Haifa | Centers for the reception of residents in emergencies and for field control (4 in existence) | Fires | Responding to emergency fires | Formation of a fire warning and evacuation network | מיפוי מוקדים לפינוי | 2022 | Forming a situational picture | Emergency | |
| Haifa | Preparing a request to the Ministry of Finance for comprehensive budgeting for the issue of preventing and reducing fire damage. | Crossing threats | Adapting the municipality's work to the crisis | Implementation of the preparedness plan | Finding new sources of funding for preparedness activities | 2021 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | Workshops to save electricity consumption in disadvantaged neighborhoods - 3 groups per year | Crossing threats | Providing a response to vulnerable populations | Reducing energy poverty | סדנאות לחסכון בצריכת חשמל בשכונות מוחלשות | 2022 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Hazards within the city: The Public Works Department has a plan that includes reference to open spaces, floodplains, and private areas. Risk factors: type of vegetation, piles of waste and debris, etc. | Fires | Fire prevention | הסרת מפגעים | פינוי צמחים, פסולת וגזם שעשויים להצית שריפה | 2021 | Application | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Joint emergency team for entities within and outside the PA: Security Division, Welfare Department, Traffic Department, Shefa Department, Fire and Rescue, MDA, and more | Crossing threats | היערכות לאירועי קיצון | רתימת ארגוני ההצלה והחירום | פלטפורמה עירונית לשת"פ בין ארגוני ההצלה והחרום (רפואה, כבאות, ביטחון ומתנדבים) ותרגול מענה לאירועי אקלים קיצוניים | 2021 | Application | Emergency | |
| Haifa | Ksem Fund: Support for electricity payments for struggling households. Is an inspection required? Preparation? Consumer mapping? | Crossing threats | Providing a response to vulnerable populations | Reducing energy poverty | Actions to reduce energy poverty | 2021 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | קהילה וחינוך: פעילות הסברתית בנוגע לשריפות ונהלי חירום | Fires | Fire prevention | חינוך למניעת שריפות | Educational activity regarding fires and emergency procedures | 2022 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Policy formulation: beneficial roofs: green/blue/energy production | heat | Climate-adapted construction | Acclimatization of roofs and facades | Publishing guidelines and specifications for the design and beneficial use of roofs | 2022 | Institutionalization | administrative | |
| Haifa | Guidelines regarding tree habitat | heat | Urban forest | Municipal policy for the urban forest | Publishing a municipal policy for pruning and tree care | 2022 | Institutionalization | administrative | |
| Haifa | Maritime Defenses: Advancing the Issue with the Government | Sea level rise | Coastal defense | Implementing tools to protect the coastal and marine space | Promoting the issue of maritime defenses with the government | 2026 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | קמפיין הסברה כלל עירוני | Fires | Fire prevention | חינוך למניעת שריפות | קמפיין הסברה כלל עירוני | 2022 | Application | Community | |
| Haifa | Guidelines for construction and vegetation: A. Refreshing guidelines (including invasive species, vegetation and construction). B. Integration into licensing processes, inspection and charging for a certificate of completion | Fires | Fire prevention | הסרת מפגעים | Refreshing building and plant guidelines | 2022 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | Internal organizational preparation with the assistance of an external consultant to prepare details | Fires | Fire prevention | הסרת מפגעים | Refreshing building and plant guidelines | 2022 | Application | administrative | |
| Haifa | Public space: Preparation of a municipal materials bank that includes recommendations for materials that are less warming/warming | heat | התאמת המרחב הציבורי להתחממות | Use of climate-friendly materials | שילוב החומרים במרחבים ציבוריים | 2022 | Application | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Implementation and maintenance of buffer strips: Implementation includes activities of the Shefa Division, community aspect and pasture. | Fires | Fire prevention | Maintaining buffer zones | Buffer zone maintenance | 2021 | Application | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Team of Operations Manager and Engineering Manager for Infrastructure Maintenance to Prevent and Reduce Fires | Fires | Fire prevention | הסרת מפגעים | Infrastructure maintenance to prevent and reduce fires | 2021 | Application | Infrastructure | |
| Haifa | Community gardens - preserving existing gardens and locating places for new gardens. A garden in a year | Crossing threats | Community building and partnerships | Strengthening the sense of community in the Authority | Support for community gardens | 2021 | Application | Infrastructure |