M M Bayrak
Biographic Data
| ID | 30417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M M Bayrak |
| GIVEN NAMES | M M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bayrak |
| SIGNATURE | BAYRAK M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Taiwan Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7699-5575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Geography Education and Climate Change: Bridging Psychological Distance and Promoting Mitigation Behaviors
Behavioral change toward low-carbon lifestyles is a key strategy for addressing climate change. Individuals encounter numerous barriers to such change, however, one of which is the psychological distance of climate change—where it is perceived as abstract, distant, and irrelevant. As attempts to reduce psychological distance have produced mixed results, bridging this distance—enabling individuals to perceive and relate to climate change as a conc…
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience
A sociopsychological model predicting motivation to alter behaviour to mitigate climate change: A repeated cross-sectional study from Taiwan
Adopting individual behavioural changes to achieve a low-carbon lifestyle is a key strategy for addressing climate change. However, related studies have generally been conducted in Western contexts. Drawing upon a comprehensive national survey conducted in Taiwan, we developed a sociopsychological model to explain the motivation to alter behaviour to mitigate climate change and to engage in specific mitigation behaviours, including adopting plant…
Bottom-up perspectives on “climate adaptation” from “vulnerable” coastal communities: A political ecology perspective from Taiwan
“No fish – no fishermen”: Staying as a voluntary choice despite environmental risks
While climate change may amplify global mobility patterns, most affected individuals voluntarily stay in their locales. This research studies the multiple forms of voluntary non-migration amidst socio-environmental challenges, focusing on the traditional fishermen community in southwestern Bangladesh. Through 25 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions, the research uncovers that despite socio-environmental obstacles, such as the loss …
Beyond environmental determinism? Analysing studies on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta Region
Current studies often present environmental and climate migration in three ways: in an environmentally deterministic way, as an adaptation strategy or as a ‘wicked’ phenomenon. This bibliometric and thematic analysis analysed 147 studies from January 2015 until August 2020 on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta Region (India and Bangladesh) to determine to what extent dominant discourses on env…
Climate change adaptation responses and human mobility in the Mekong Delta: Local perspectives from rural households in An Giang Province, Vietnam
Climate change influences the adaptation responses and mobility patterns of smallholder farmers across multiple scales. This study employed an inductive approach to observe smallholder farmers in An Giang Province in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta to compare the effects of various environmental and climate-related stressors on households with and without contributing migrant household members and on households of different income levels in two rural…
Appraising the community in community-based tourism
Community-based tourism (CBT) emphasises attributes such as sustainability, local participation, and the maximisation of benefits to the community. However, limited scholarly interventions and critical debates have been conducted regarding what constitutes a community in tourism destinations. In Taman Negara, Malaysia, residents of various ethnic groups have considerably different interpretations of community and boundaries therein. Malay, Malays…
Increasing livelihood vulnerabilities to coastal erosion and wastewater intrusion: The political ecology of Thai aquaculture in peri-urban Bangkok
Most livelihood research focuses on micro-level decisions affecting occupations but fails to examine wider scale processes that shape markets, institutions, and thus livelihood choices. A political ecology framework can help address this gap by providing ways to analyse how multi-scalar and extra-local practices, policies, and discourses affect local-level socio-environmental outcomes. In the qualitative research reported here, that framework is …
Disentangling the concepts of global climate change, adaptation, and human mobility: A political-ecological exploration in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
The complex relationship between human mobility and global climate change remains contested. In this viewpoint, the themes of human mobility, adaptation and climate change are explored from a political ecology perspective. A framework of political ecology of human mobility in relation to climate change is applied to the context of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta (MKD). The Vietnamese government, popular media and academic studies often present the MKD in …
Living with typhoons and changing weather patterns: Indigenous resilience and the adaptation pathways of smallholder farmers in Taiwan
The effect of cultural practices and perceptions on global climate change response among Indigenous peoples: A case study on the Tayal people in northern Taiwan
Many Indigenous peoples are disproportionately affected by global climate change. Current research is focused on how Indigenous adaptation and mitigation strategies can be integrated into mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Through a mixed-methods approach, this study explored the effects of culture and local perceptions on coping strategies and adaptations to climate change among Indigenous communities, of which knowl…
Payments for environmental services, gendered livelihoods and forest management in Vietnam: A Feminist Political Ecology Perspective
Economic approaches to combat environmental degradation and deforestation have resulted in development initiatives such as the Payment for Environmental Services program (PES). This study deals with the effects of PES on women's livelihoods in Thuong Lo commune, Central Vietnam. Employing a feminist political ecology perspective and adopting a qualitative approach, we analyze the gendered roles, responsibilities and effects of PES on local liveli…
Wives influence climate change mitigation behaviours in married-couple households: Insights from Taiwan
Mitigating climate change requires collective action of various sectors and on multiple scales, including individual behavioural changes among citizens. Although numerous studies have examined factors that influence individuals’ mitigation behaviours, much less attention has been given to interpersonal influence. Children have been suggested to influence parents’ climate change concerns; however, how the interactions between couples—typically the…
A comparative analysis of multi-scalar regional inequality in China
Restructuring space in the name of development: The sociocultural impact of the Forest Land Allocation Program on the indigenous Co Tu people in Central Vietnam
The Forest Land Allocation (FLA) program was introduced by the Vietnamese government in 1991 and it allowed communities, household groups and households to receive forest land for long term use (50 years). The main assumption of this program was that with ownership, households would have greater incentives to preserve forests. But the State, through its formal agencies, still decides how the forests will be used and managed. There have been unint…
A comparative analysis of multi-scalar regional inequality in China
Appraising the community in community-based tourism
Community-based tourism (CBT) emphasises attributes such as sustainability, local participation, and the maximisation of benefits to the community. However, limited scholarly interventions and critical debates have been conducted regarding what constitutes a community in tourism destinations. In Taman Negara, Malaysia, residents of various ethnic groups have considerably different interpretations of community and boundaries therein. Malay, Malays…
Living with typhoons and changing weather patterns: Indigenous resilience and the adaptation pathways of smallholder farmers in Taiwan
Increasing livelihood vulnerabilities to coastal erosion and wastewater intrusion: The political ecology of Thai aquaculture in peri-urban Bangkok
Most livelihood research focuses on micro-level decisions affecting occupations but fails to examine wider scale processes that shape markets, institutions, and thus livelihood choices. A political ecology framework can help address this gap by providing ways to analyse how multi-scalar and extra-local practices, policies, and discourses affect local-level socio-environmental outcomes. In the qualitative research reported here, that framework is …
Beyond environmental determinism? Analysing studies on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta Region
Current studies often present environmental and climate migration in three ways: in an environmentally deterministic way, as an adaptation strategy or as a ‘wicked’ phenomenon. This bibliometric and thematic analysis analysed 147 studies from January 2015 until August 2020 on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta Region (India and Bangladesh) to determine to what extent dominant discourses on env…
Restructuring space in the name of development: The sociocultural impact of the Forest Land Allocation Program on the indigenous Co Tu people in Central Vietnam
The Forest Land Allocation (FLA) program was introduced by the Vietnamese government in 1991 and it allowed communities, household groups and households to receive forest land for long term use (50 years). The main assumption of this program was that with ownership, households would have greater incentives to preserve forests. But the State, through its formal agencies, still decides how the forests will be used and managed. There have been unint…
Restructuring space in the name of development: The sociocultural impact of the Forest Land Allocation Program on the indigenous Co Tu people in Central Vietnam
The Forest Land Allocation (FLA) program was introduced by the Vietnamese government in 1991 and it allowed communities, household groups and households to receive forest land for long term use (50 years). The main assumption of this program was that with ownership, households would have greater incentives to preserve forests. But the State, through its formal agencies, still decides how the forests will be used and managed. There have been unint…
A comparative analysis of multi-scalar regional inequality in China
Wives influence climate change mitigation behaviours in married-couple households: Insights from Taiwan
Mitigating climate change requires collective action of various sectors and on multiple scales, including individual behavioural changes among citizens. Although numerous studies have examined factors that influence individuals’ mitigation behaviours, much less attention has been given to interpersonal influence. Children have been suggested to influence parents’ climate change concerns; however, how the interactions between couples—typically the…
The effect of cultural practices and perceptions on global climate change response among Indigenous peoples: A case study on the Tayal people in northern Taiwan
Many Indigenous peoples are disproportionately affected by global climate change. Current research is focused on how Indigenous adaptation and mitigation strategies can be integrated into mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Through a mixed-methods approach, this study explored the effects of culture and local perceptions on coping strategies and adaptations to climate change among Indigenous communities, of which knowl…
Payments for environmental services, gendered livelihoods and forest management in Vietnam: A Feminist Political Ecology Perspective
Economic approaches to combat environmental degradation and deforestation have resulted in development initiatives such as the Payment for Environmental Services program (PES). This study deals with the effects of PES on women's livelihoods in Thuong Lo commune, Central Vietnam. Employing a feminist political ecology perspective and adopting a qualitative approach, we analyze the gendered roles, responsibilities and effects of PES on local liveli…
Disentangling the concepts of global climate change, adaptation, and human mobility: A political-ecological exploration in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
The complex relationship between human mobility and global climate change remains contested. In this viewpoint, the themes of human mobility, adaptation and climate change are explored from a political ecology perspective. A framework of political ecology of human mobility in relation to climate change is applied to the context of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta (MKD). The Vietnamese government, popular media and academic studies often present the MKD in …
Living with typhoons and changing weather patterns: Indigenous resilience and the adaptation pathways of smallholder farmers in Taiwan
Climate change adaptation responses and human mobility in the Mekong Delta: Local perspectives from rural households in An Giang Province, Vietnam
Climate change influences the adaptation responses and mobility patterns of smallholder farmers across multiple scales. This study employed an inductive approach to observe smallholder farmers in An Giang Province in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta to compare the effects of various environmental and climate-related stressors on households with and without contributing migrant household members and on households of different income levels in two rural…
Appraising the community in community-based tourism
Community-based tourism (CBT) emphasises attributes such as sustainability, local participation, and the maximisation of benefits to the community. However, limited scholarly interventions and critical debates have been conducted regarding what constitutes a community in tourism destinations. In Taman Negara, Malaysia, residents of various ethnic groups have considerably different interpretations of community and boundaries therein. Malay, Malays…
Increasing livelihood vulnerabilities to coastal erosion and wastewater intrusion: The political ecology of Thai aquaculture in peri-urban Bangkok
Most livelihood research focuses on micro-level decisions affecting occupations but fails to examine wider scale processes that shape markets, institutions, and thus livelihood choices. A political ecology framework can help address this gap by providing ways to analyse how multi-scalar and extra-local practices, policies, and discourses affect local-level socio-environmental outcomes. In the qualitative research reported here, that framework is …
“No fish – no fishermen”: Staying as a voluntary choice despite environmental risks
While climate change may amplify global mobility patterns, most affected individuals voluntarily stay in their locales. This research studies the multiple forms of voluntary non-migration amidst socio-environmental challenges, focusing on the traditional fishermen community in southwestern Bangladesh. Through 25 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions, the research uncovers that despite socio-environmental obstacles, such as the loss …
Beyond environmental determinism? Analysing studies on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta Region
Current studies often present environmental and climate migration in three ways: in an environmentally deterministic way, as an adaptation strategy or as a ‘wicked’ phenomenon. This bibliometric and thematic analysis analysed 147 studies from January 2015 until August 2020 on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta Region (India and Bangladesh) to determine to what extent dominant discourses on env…
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience
A sociopsychological model predicting motivation to alter behaviour to mitigate climate change: A repeated cross-sectional study from Taiwan
Adopting individual behavioural changes to achieve a low-carbon lifestyle is a key strategy for addressing climate change. However, related studies have generally been conducted in Western contexts. Drawing upon a comprehensive national survey conducted in Taiwan, we developed a sociopsychological model to explain the motivation to alter behaviour to mitigate climate change and to engage in specific mitigation behaviours, including adopting plant…
Bottom-up perspectives on “climate adaptation” from “vulnerable” coastal communities: A political ecology perspective from Taiwan
Geography Education and Climate Change: Bridging Psychological Distance and Promoting Mitigation Behaviors
Behavioral change toward low-carbon lifestyles is a key strategy for addressing climate change. Individuals encounter numerous barriers to such change, however, one of which is the psychological distance of climate change—where it is perceived as abstract, distant, and irrelevant. As attempts to reduce psychological distance have produced mixed results, bridging this distance—enabling individuals to perceive and relate to climate change as a conc…
Geography (11 works) · Climate change (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (8 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Livelihood (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · Business (5 works)