Amit Birenboim
Biographic Data
| ID | 1340402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amit Birenboim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amit |
| FAMILY NAME | Birenboim |
| SIGNATURE | BIRENBOIM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7087-9634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Temporal patterns of smartphone-mediated digital engagement and mental health symptomatology
Current ubiquitous information and communication technologies are reshaping human behaviours and could have profound implications for mental health. To investigate the dynamic patterns of daily interactions with the digital environment-particularly via smartphones-a novel, ecological approach is implemented which incorporates the use of innovative sensors. Data was collected from 31 healthy individuals from the general population living in Jerusa…
Mental health in a digitally fragmented world: Exploring negative and positive associations across spatial contexts and gender
The Impact of Urban Greenery on Running Behavior: A Novel Geographic Approach Using Immersive Virtual Environments
Using a novel experimental design that uses immersive virtual reality technology, this study explores the impact of urban greenery on running performance. Participants ran in two immersive virtual urban environments while maintaining a constant (perceived) exertion level. The environments were identical except for the presence of green elements in one. Although reporting similar levels of effort and fatigue in both conditions, individuals ran sig…
Urban environment influences on stress, autonomic reactivity and circadian rhythm: Protocol for an ambulatory study of mental health and sleep
Introduction: Converging evidence suggests that urban living is associated with an increased likelihood of developing mental health and sleep problems. Although these aspects have been investigated in separate streams of research, stress, autonomic reactivity and circadian misalignment can be hypothesized to play a prominent role in the causal pathways underlining the complex relationship between the urban environment and these two health dimensi…
Can local tours disperse tourists from city centres
This study evaluates the effectiveness of decentralizing tourists by promoting alternative local-guided tours. Results from a discrete choice experiment among young travellers indicate that while culinary tours are preferred over central attractions, overall, young visitors demonstrated a strong tendency to visit the main attractions. Furthermore, tours labelled as sustainable were perceived as less attractive. The study implies that inter-city d…
How far will you go? From empirical findings to formalization of walking route distances
Length of Stay and Destination Image: Insights from Social Media Content of Day Trippers and Tourists
The Interrelations Between Virtual and Physical Spaces: The Case of Smartphone Usage Among Adolescents
Today’s adolescents are digital natives who have constant access to virtual spaces through their smartphones. Based on a comprehensive literature review, we propose a novel framework of fused spaces for understanding and studying the evolving interrelations between adolescents’ consumption of physical environments and virtual spaces emerging through smartphone use. The framework is evaluated through a smartphone usage survey among 546 adolescents…
Touristification, smartization, and social sustainability in European regions
Touristification and smartization processes are commonly associated with economic growth strategies. Here we emphasize and demonstrate the need to consider the implication of these processes on social sustainability. Initial results imply that: (1) regions not specialized in tourism are associated with a lower share of population in poverty; and (2) regions’ ‘smartness’ level is negatively associated with the share of poverty. However, in regions…
The differential impact of crises on tourism
COVID-19 significantly impacted Airbnb properties' performance in Jerusalem. • Moderating effect of socio-geographical factors on Airbnb during COVID were tested. • Properties in disadvantaged areas experienced a smaller decline in availability. • Minority and peripheral neighborhoods had a less severe performance drop. • The flexibility of P2P platforms highlights supply's key role in crisis performance
Environmental appraisals in outgroup cultural landscapes: The role of Muslim elements in urban settings
Cultural landscapes can contribute to positive environmental appraisals. However, previous studies focused on exposure to ingroup culture. Referring the debate in Europe on Muslim symbols in the public sphere, this study examines the effect of exposure to outgroup cultural cues on environmental appraisals. We compare environmental appraisals of participants from France, Germany, and the Netherlands after a simulated walk in an outgroup (Muslim) c…
The effect of micro-level context in polling stations on voting
Advances in portable sensing for urban environments: Understanding cities from a mobility perspective
The Study of Walking, Walkability and Wellbeing in Immersive Virtual Environments
Recent approaches in the research on walkable environments and wellbeing go beyond correlational analysis to consider the specific characteristics of individuals and their interaction with the immediate environment. Accordingly, a need has been accentuated for new human-centered methods to improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying environmental effects on walking and consequently on wellbeing. Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) we…
Using geoinformatics to assess tourist dispersal at the state level
The influence of urban environments on our subjective momentary experiences
In today's developed world, the ability of a city to generate good experiences for its residents and visitors is a main aspect of its attractiveness. A good city is considered to be one in which people feel secure, relaxed, and happy. This article explores the factors that influence the subjective momentary experiences of individuals in the city, while focusing on the impact of spatial variables on these experiences; 91 students living in Jerusal…
New approaches to the study of tourist experiences in time and space
Nowadays, a growing number of researchers are investigating subjective attitudes of people toward their environment with ever increasing spatial and temporal resolutions. It seems that researchers’ interest in daily experiences is not merely a passing research fad, but rather that individuals in current societies find more interest in their own momentary experiences. They talk about their affective states, they spend considerable portions of thei…
Mobility Research in the Age of the Smartphone
At the end of 2014, over 93 percent of the world's population owned cellular phones, with penetration rates that exceeded 100 percent in most developed countries. Mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives and have had a significant impact on society—including on individuals' daily movement and mobility patterns. Cellular phones have also been used for research and have been employed to collect time–space data about the mobility of r…
Temporal Activity Patterns of Theme Park Visitors
In this article, we illustrate the importance of time in understanding theme park visitor activity patterns. The study that is described here made use of the GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to track and record the time–space trajectories of visitors at the PortAventura theme park in Catalonia, Spain. The findings suggest that visitors to theme parks do demonstrate distinct diurnal and intradiurnal mass behavior patterns or rhythms of a…
Hotel location and tourist activity in cities
Hotel location and tourist activity in cities
Temporal Activity Patterns of Theme Park Visitors
In this article, we illustrate the importance of time in understanding theme park visitor activity patterns. The study that is described here made use of the GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to track and record the time–space trajectories of visitors at the PortAventura theme park in Catalonia, Spain. The findings suggest that visitors to theme parks do demonstrate distinct diurnal and intradiurnal mass behavior patterns or rhythms of a…
New approaches to the study of tourist experiences in time and space
Nowadays, a growing number of researchers are investigating subjective attitudes of people toward their environment with ever increasing spatial and temporal resolutions. It seems that researchers’ interest in daily experiences is not merely a passing research fad, but rather that individuals in current societies find more interest in their own momentary experiences. They talk about their affective states, they spend considerable portions of thei…
Using geoinformatics to assess tourist dispersal at the state level
Mobility Research in the Age of the Smartphone
At the end of 2014, over 93 percent of the world's population owned cellular phones, with penetration rates that exceeded 100 percent in most developed countries. Mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives and have had a significant impact on society—including on individuals' daily movement and mobility patterns. Cellular phones have also been used for research and have been employed to collect time–space data about the mobility of r…
Environmental appraisals in outgroup cultural landscapes: The role of Muslim elements in urban settings
Cultural landscapes can contribute to positive environmental appraisals. However, previous studies focused on exposure to ingroup culture. Referring the debate in Europe on Muslim symbols in the public sphere, this study examines the effect of exposure to outgroup cultural cues on environmental appraisals. We compare environmental appraisals of participants from France, Germany, and the Netherlands after a simulated walk in an outgroup (Muslim) c…
The Interrelations Between Virtual and Physical Spaces: The Case of Smartphone Usage Among Adolescents
Today’s adolescents are digital natives who have constant access to virtual spaces through their smartphones. Based on a comprehensive literature review, we propose a novel framework of fused spaces for understanding and studying the evolving interrelations between adolescents’ consumption of physical environments and virtual spaces emerging through smartphone use. The framework is evaluated through a smartphone usage survey among 546 adolescents…
Hotel location and tourist activity in cities
Temporal Activity Patterns of Theme Park Visitors
In this article, we illustrate the importance of time in understanding theme park visitor activity patterns. The study that is described here made use of the GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to track and record the time–space trajectories of visitors at the PortAventura theme park in Catalonia, Spain. The findings suggest that visitors to theme parks do demonstrate distinct diurnal and intradiurnal mass behavior patterns or rhythms of a…
New approaches to the study of tourist experiences in time and space
Nowadays, a growing number of researchers are investigating subjective attitudes of people toward their environment with ever increasing spatial and temporal resolutions. It seems that researchers’ interest in daily experiences is not merely a passing research fad, but rather that individuals in current societies find more interest in their own momentary experiences. They talk about their affective states, they spend considerable portions of thei…
Mobility Research in the Age of the Smartphone
At the end of 2014, over 93 percent of the world's population owned cellular phones, with penetration rates that exceeded 100 percent in most developed countries. Mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives and have had a significant impact on society—including on individuals' daily movement and mobility patterns. Cellular phones have also been used for research and have been employed to collect time–space data about the mobility of r…
The influence of urban environments on our subjective momentary experiences
In today's developed world, the ability of a city to generate good experiences for its residents and visitors is a main aspect of its attractiveness. A good city is considered to be one in which people feel secure, relaxed, and happy. This article explores the factors that influence the subjective momentary experiences of individuals in the city, while focusing on the impact of spatial variables on these experiences; 91 students living in Jerusal…
Using geoinformatics to assess tourist dispersal at the state level
Advances in portable sensing for urban environments: Understanding cities from a mobility perspective
The Study of Walking, Walkability and Wellbeing in Immersive Virtual Environments
Recent approaches in the research on walkable environments and wellbeing go beyond correlational analysis to consider the specific characteristics of individuals and their interaction with the immediate environment. Accordingly, a need has been accentuated for new human-centered methods to improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying environmental effects on walking and consequently on wellbeing. Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) we…
Touristification, smartization, and social sustainability in European regions
Touristification and smartization processes are commonly associated with economic growth strategies. Here we emphasize and demonstrate the need to consider the implication of these processes on social sustainability. Initial results imply that: (1) regions not specialized in tourism are associated with a lower share of population in poverty; and (2) regions’ ‘smartness’ level is negatively associated with the share of poverty. However, in regions…
The differential impact of crises on tourism
COVID-19 significantly impacted Airbnb properties' performance in Jerusalem. • Moderating effect of socio-geographical factors on Airbnb during COVID were tested. • Properties in disadvantaged areas experienced a smaller decline in availability. • Minority and peripheral neighborhoods had a less severe performance drop. • The flexibility of P2P platforms highlights supply's key role in crisis performance
Environmental appraisals in outgroup cultural landscapes: The role of Muslim elements in urban settings
Cultural landscapes can contribute to positive environmental appraisals. However, previous studies focused on exposure to ingroup culture. Referring the debate in Europe on Muslim symbols in the public sphere, this study examines the effect of exposure to outgroup cultural cues on environmental appraisals. We compare environmental appraisals of participants from France, Germany, and the Netherlands after a simulated walk in an outgroup (Muslim) c…
The effect of micro-level context in polling stations on voting
Urban environment influences on stress, autonomic reactivity and circadian rhythm: Protocol for an ambulatory study of mental health and sleep
Introduction: Converging evidence suggests that urban living is associated with an increased likelihood of developing mental health and sleep problems. Although these aspects have been investigated in separate streams of research, stress, autonomic reactivity and circadian misalignment can be hypothesized to play a prominent role in the causal pathways underlining the complex relationship between the urban environment and these two health dimensi…
Can local tours disperse tourists from city centres
This study evaluates the effectiveness of decentralizing tourists by promoting alternative local-guided tours. Results from a discrete choice experiment among young travellers indicate that while culinary tours are preferred over central attractions, overall, young visitors demonstrated a strong tendency to visit the main attractions. Furthermore, tours labelled as sustainable were perceived as less attractive. The study implies that inter-city d…
How far will you go? From empirical findings to formalization of walking route distances
Length of Stay and Destination Image: Insights from Social Media Content of Day Trippers and Tourists
The Interrelations Between Virtual and Physical Spaces: The Case of Smartphone Usage Among Adolescents
Today’s adolescents are digital natives who have constant access to virtual spaces through their smartphones. Based on a comprehensive literature review, we propose a novel framework of fused spaces for understanding and studying the evolving interrelations between adolescents’ consumption of physical environments and virtual spaces emerging through smartphone use. The framework is evaluated through a smartphone usage survey among 546 adolescents…
Temporal patterns of smartphone-mediated digital engagement and mental health symptomatology
Current ubiquitous information and communication technologies are reshaping human behaviours and could have profound implications for mental health. To investigate the dynamic patterns of daily interactions with the digital environment-particularly via smartphones-a novel, ecological approach is implemented which incorporates the use of innovative sensors. Data was collected from 31 healthy individuals from the general population living in Jerusa…
Mental health in a digitally fragmented world: Exploring negative and positive associations across spatial contexts and gender
The Impact of Urban Greenery on Running Behavior: A Novel Geographic Approach Using Immersive Virtual Environments
Using a novel experimental design that uses immersive virtual reality technology, this study explores the impact of urban greenery on running performance. Participants ran in two immersive virtual urban environments while maintaining a constant (perceived) exertion level. The environments were identical except for the presence of green elements in one. Although reporting similar levels of effort and fatigue in both conditions, individuals ran sig…
Geography (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Tourism (8 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (5 works) · World Wide Web (5 works)