Arab cities need to develop assessments and resilience to climate change. Assessments at the individual level can contribute to the development of climate resilience, and actions in private areas can contribute to cooling the city and optimal management of runoff water. In Arab local authorities, assessments of private areas are particularly important because they have a higher rate than in Jewish cities of private areas compared to public areas.

This study is a cross-sectional study. The research will include a quantitative questionnaire to examine the relationship between knowledge, perceptions, willingness to act and factors related to assessments in Arab cities in Israel.

This study will be the first to investigate factors associated with climate change assessments at the individual level, for several climate hazards (extreme heat, floods and sewage overflows), focusing on Arab cities. The research will include perceptual and behavioral factors about which there is little research in the world in the context of climate change assessments, factors that behavior models and preliminary empirical studies suggest are significant in this context.