Itzhak Omer is an urban geographer and a full professor at the Department of Geography and Human Environment, Tel Aviv University. He is Head of the Urban Space Analysis Laboratory. The areas of his academic interest include: urban modeling, spatial behavior and spatial cognition, urban morphology, movement , urban complexity and social geography of the city.
He developed methodological framework and tools for analysing and modelling the relation between the urban environment and spatial behavior by means of advanced spatial, topological and visual analysis methods and by using agent-based simulations and Geographic Information technology.
Selected papers:
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Omer, I. (2018). How are geographical judgments and a geographical entity’s shape connected in cognitive mapping?, Built Environment, 44 (2), 205-217.
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Ma, Ding., Omer, I., Osaragi, T., Samdberg, M and Jiang, B. (2018). Why Topology Matters in Predicting Human Activities, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. DOI: 10.1177/2399808318792268
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Omer, I. and Kaplan, N. (2018). Structural properties of the angular and metric street network’s centralities and their implications for movement flows. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.
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Omer, I. (2018). Effects of city form and socio-spatial divisions on cognitive maps. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40 (4), 560–575.
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Omer, I. (2018). Editorial: Urban Modeling and Social Media. Geoinformatics and Geostatistics: An Overview, 6:1, DOI: 10.4172/2327-4581.1000180.
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Omer, I., Gitelman V., Rofè, Y., Lerman, Y. Kaplan, N. and Doveh, E. (2017). Evaluating crash risk in urban areas based on vehicle and pedestrian modeling: a case-study in Israel, Geographical Analysis, 49, 387-408.
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Omer, I. and Kaplan, N. (2017). Using space syntax and agent-based approaches for modeling pedestrian volume at the urban scale, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 64, 57-67.
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Omer, I., Goldblatt, R., Khamaisi, R. and Romann, M. (2017). Tolerance, intergroup contacts and municipal-spatial organization: The case of Jews and Arab Palestinians in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie: Journal of Economic and Social Geography.
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Omer, I. and Goldblatt, R. (2016). Using space syntax and Q-analysis for investigating movement patterns in buildings: the case of shopping malls. Environment and planning B: Planning and Design, 44(3) 504–530.
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Omer, I. and Goldblatt, R. (2016). Spatial Patterns of Retail Activity and Street Network Structure in New and Traditional Israeli Cities, Urban Geography, 37 (4), 629–649.
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Lerman, Y., Omer, I. (2016). Urban Area Types and Spatial Distribution of Pedestrians: Lessons from Tel Aviv, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,55, 11-23.
Email: omery@post.tau.ac.il
Website: http://Urban-Space-Analysis-Lab-TAU.mozello.co.il
