Selected publications since 2005
Sofer, M. (2005) The Future of Family Farming in Israel: The Second Generation in the Moshav, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 171, pp. 357-368.
Sofer, M., Bordanc, F. (2005) Opportunities, Constraints and Pluriactivity in Rural Romania during the Transition Period: Preliminary Observations, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Vol. 2(8), pp. 61-80. [Republication of a 1998 paper in GeoJournal. [This time in a series of: The Romanian Academy, National Institute of Economic Research and Institute of Agricultural Economics].
Sofer, M., Schnell, I. (2005) Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Embeddedness: The Case of Lower Galilee, In: Lagendijk, A. and Oinas, P. (eds.) Proximity, Distance and Diversity: Issues on Economic Interaction and Local Development. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 69-88. ISBN 0754640744
Sofer, M., Potchter, O. (2006) The Urban Heat Island of a City in an Arid Zone: The Case of Eilat, Israel, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Vol. 85, pp. 81-88.
Sofer, M., Applebaum, L. (2006) The Rural Space in Israel in Search of Renewed Identity: The Case of the Moshav, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 22, pp. 323-336.
Potchter, O., Sofer, M. (2006) The Characteristics of the Urban Heat Island of Eilat, Merhavim, Vol. 6, pp. 15-39 (Hebrew).
Schnell, I., Sofer, M. (2006) Barriers to Economic Development in the Arab Economy in Israel, in Hasson, S. and Karrayani, M.M. (eds.) Arabs in Israel: Barriers to Equality, The Phloreseimer Institute, Jerusalem (Hebrew), pp. 204-212.
Sofer, M. (2007) Yaqona and the Peripheral Economy Revisited, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 48(2), pp. 234-249.
Sofer, M., Schnell, I. (2007) The Integration of Arab Entrepreneurs in the Israeli Economy, Horizons in Geography, Vol. 68-69, pp. 73-98 (Hebrew).
Sofer, M., Grossman, D. (2007) The Kibbutz in Search of a New Identity, Analele Universitatii Spiru Haret, Seria Geografie, Vol. 10, pp. 103-114.
Cohen, E., Sofer, M. (2007) Changes in the Moshavim on the Fringe of a Metropolitan Area: The Case of Hof Ha’Carmel Regional Council, Karka, Vol. 63, pp. 94-123 (Hebrew).
Ben-Dror, G., Sofer, M. (2008) Factors Affecting the Collective System in the Moshav: Preliminary Aspects. Karka, Vol. 65, pp. 43-69 (Hebrew).
Sofer, M. (2008) Transformation of the Rural Space in Israel and Its Implications on Rural Tourism, Journal of Tourism Trends and Challenges, Vol. 1(1), pp. 99-109.
Sofer, M. (2009) Twenty Years of Change in the Fijian Periphery: The Case of the Kadavu Island, Fiji, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol. 30, pp. 343-357.
Sofer, M., Applebaum, L. (2009) The Emergence of Farmers-Entrepreneurs as Local Development Agents in the Rural Space of Israel, Rural Studies, Vol. 20, pp. 107-125.
Ben-Dror, G., Sofer, M. (2010) Weakening Cooperation in the Israeli Moshav: Preliminary Aspects, Journal of Rural Cooperation, Vol. 38(2): 156-172.
Guran-Nica, L., Sofer, M., Ştefan, N. (2011) New Rural-Urban Relationships in Romania: Issues at the Rural-Urban Fringe of Bucharest, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geographia, Vol. 56(1), pp. 127-140.
Guran. L., Sofer, M. (2011) Migration dynamics in Romania and the Counter-Urbanisation Process: A Case Study of Bucharest’s Rural-Urban Fringe, in Hedberg, C. and Carmo, R.M. (eds.) Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Space, The GeoJournal Library Book series, Vol. 103, Springer, pp. 87-102.
Galor, Z., Sofer, M. (2011) Evolution passée et récente des villages coopératifs en Israël, RECMA (Revue Internationale de L'économie Sociale), 321, pp. 19-21 (French).
Gnaiem, N., Sofer, M., Potchter, O., Yakov, Y. Gnaim, J. (2012) Noise Hazards From Industry and Workshop Activities in Residential Areas: A case Study of Baqa el Garbiah, Horizons in Geography, Vol. 78, pp. 122-140 (Hebrew).
Sofer, M., Applebaum, L. (2012) Social and Economic Inequality in the Rural Space of Israel, Rural Studies, Vol. 27, pp. 75-94.
Applebaum, L., Sofer, M. (2012) The Moshav in Israel: An Agricultural Community in a Process of Change – A Current View, Horizons in Geography, (special issue) Vol. 79-80, pp. 194-209.
Sofer, M., Potchter, O., Gnaiem, N., Gnaim. J. (2012) Environmental Nuisances: Impacts of Industrial Activities in Residential Areas of Arab Municipalities in Israel, Applied Geography, Vol. 35, pp. 353-362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.08.005
Sofer, M., Applebaum, L. (2012) The Role of Farm-Based Businesses in Promoting Agricultural and Rural Development, Horizons in Geography, Vol. 81-82, pp. 52-74 (Hebrew).
Bitnner, C., Sofer, M. (2013) Land Use Changes in the Rural-Urban Fringe: An Israeli Case Study, Land Use Policy, Vol. 33, pp. 11-19.
Sofer, M. (2013) The Rural-Urban Fringe: Theoretical Issues and Israeli Experience, Landscape and Geodiversity, Vol. 1, pp. 1-9.
Saada, T., Sofer, M. (2013) Female Entrepreneurship on Moshavim: A case Study in the Lev HaSharon Regional Council, in Fogiel-Bijaoui, S. and Sharaby, R. (eds.) Private and Public: Women in the Kibbutz and the Moshav, 325-350 (Hebrew).
