Papers in Referred Journals

PDF | Journal of Transport & Health , Vol. 17, June 2020 Kizony, R., Schreuer, N, Rotenberg, S., Shach-Pinsly, D., Sinoff, G., and Plaut, P Abstract Introduction – A key determinant of healthy aging is active participation in daily activities. This study proposes a model that explains participation of community-dwelling older […]

PDF | Journal of Transport & Health, Vol. 15, December 2019 Schreuer Naomi , Pnina Plaut, Golan Lihi, and Sachs Dalia Abstract Introduction – Most research on the built environment and active travel focused on the general population or segments including children, adolescents and older adults. There is limited knowledge […]

PDF | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(9). May 2019 HaGani Neta , Mika Moran, Or Caspi , Pnina Plaut , Ronit Endevelt and Orna Baron-Epel Abstract There is evidence that the built environment can promote unhealthy habits which may increase the risk for obesity among adolescents. However, […]

PDF | Urban Studies, 56 (11), Nov. 2018 Modai-Snir Tal and Pnina Plaut Abstract Ethnic and socioeconomic segregation levels vary over time and so do the spatial levels of these segregations. Although a large body of research has focused on how residential mobility patterns produce segregation, little is known about how […]

PDF | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2018 Tesler, R., Plaut, P. and Endevelt, R Abstract At-risk adolescents have been defined as youth who are or might be in physical, mental, or emotional danger. An Urban Forest Health Intervention Program (UFHIP) was formed at a center […]

PDF | Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer. 2017 Michal Gath Morad, Davide Schaumann, Einat Zinger, Pnina O. Plaut, Yehuda E. Kalay Abstract The notion of “smart cities” has gained much popularity over the past few years, fueled by emerging needs and opportunities, and accompanied by considerable political and commercial […]

PDF | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(6), pp.607-630, 2017. Moran, M., Eizenberg, E., and Plaut, P Abstract The literature on environmental walkability to date has mainly focused on walking and related health outcomes. While previous studies suggest associations between walking and spatial knowledge, the associations between […]

PDF | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14 (7), pp.759- 80, 2017 Moran, M., Plaut, P., and Merom, D. Abstract Children’s outdoors play (OP) is an important source of physical activity that has been decreasing in recent years due to changes in neighborhood design, parent safety concerns […]

PDF | Horizons in Geography (Hebrew) Vol.89, pp. 61- 83, 2016 Moran, M. and Plaut, P Abstract “תכנון לאורח חיים פעיל” הינו גישה בין-תחומית, הקוראת ליצירת סביבות המאפשרות למגוון אוכלוסיות לאמץ אורח חיים פעיל, הכולל הליכה ורכיבת אופניים לניידות או פנאית. בספרות המחקרית נעשה שימוש נפוץ במדד ‘הליכוּת’ walkability להערכת […]

PDF | Journal of Transport and Land Use, Special Section: Children and Youth Transport and Land Use Theory. 9, (2), pp.1-23, 2016. Moran, M., Plaut, P. and Baron-Epel, O. Abstract Previous studies examined environmental correlates of children’s physical activity. While most of these studies used aggregated physical activity measures (i.e., […]