Raya Muttarak
Biographic Data
| ID | 87026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raya Muttarak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raya |
| FAMILY NAME | Muttarak |
| SIGNATURE | MUTTARAK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0627-4451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 346 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 42 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Public perceptions and responses to flood risk
In 2023, Italy experienced severe flooding events with devastating environmental and socio-economic impacts. As flood hazards increase in frequency and intensity, understanding public risk perception, preparedness, and responses to communication strategies is critical. This study provides timely insights into these aspects following the May and November 2023 floods in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany. Through an online survey submitted to a representat…
Broadening climate migration research across impacts, adaptation and mitigation
Harvesting Effect and Extreme Temperature-Related Mortality in Italy
It is well-established that deaths peak in winter and show throughs in summer. However, it remains unclear how mortality patterns will unfold as the climate warms, bringing fewer cold days and more hot days. One concern is “harvesting,” where a short-term surge in deaths among the most vulnerable people is then followed by a period with fewer deaths than usual because those individuals would have died soon anyway. Under global warming, it is poss…
Representing gender inequality in scenarios improves understanding of climate challenges
Justice considerations in climate research
Drought and aridity influence internal migration worldwide
Senderowicz and Maloney (2022)
Towards scenario representation of adaptive capacity for global climate change assessments
World's human migration patterns in 2000-2019 unveiled by high-resolution data
Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for the recent decades remained missing. We created a global dataset of annual net migration between 2000 and 2019 (~10 km grid, covering the areas of 216 countries or sovereign states), based on reported and downscaled subnational birth (2,555 administrative units) and de…
Climatic Shocks and Internal Migration
This paper examines whether and how climatic shocks influence individual migration decisions. The authors use census microdata across 64 countries over the period 1960 to 2012, covering 442 million individual records, combined with geo-referenced temperature and precipitation data summarized for each origin and destination administrative unit. Migration is identified when an individual changed a place of usual residence one, five, or ten years ag…
A Note from the New Editors
Global migration is driven by the complex interplay between environmental and social factors
Migration manifests an important response and adaptation measure to changes in the environment and socioeconomic conditions. In a time when environmental stressors and risks are unprecedentedly increasing, understanding the interplay between the underlying factors driving migration is of high importance. While the relationships between environmental and socioeconomic drivers have been identified conceptually, the comprehensive global-scale spatia…
Applying Concepts and Tools in Demography for Estimating, Analyzing, and Forecasting Forced Migration
Among demographic events (birth, death, and migration), migration is notably the most volatile component to forecast accurately. Accounting for forced migration is even more challenging given the difficulty in collecting forced migration data. Knowledge of trends and patterns of forced migration and its future trajectory is, however, highly relevant for policy planning for migrant sending and receiving areas. This paper aims to review existing me…
Commentary
Scales and sensitivities in climate vulnerability, displacement, and health
Demographic perspectives in research on global environmental change
The human population is at the centre of research on global environmental change. On the one hand, population dynamics influence the environment and the global climate system through consumption-based carbon emissions. On the other hand, the health and well-being of the population are already being affected by climate change. A knowledge of population dynamics and population heterogeneity is thus fundamental to improving our understanding of how …
A meta-analysis of country-level studies on environmental change and migration
After the floods
Excessive rainfall increases the risk of child stunting in India. • Children from socially disadvantaged households display higher vulnerability to such shocks. • Investment in women’s education can significantly reduce the risk of child stunting
Greening through schooling
In recent years, changing lifestyle, consumption and mobility patterns have contributed to a global rise in greenhouse gases responsible for the warming of the planet. Despite its increasing relevance, there is a lack of understanding of factors influencing the environmental behavior of people from emerging economies. In this study, we focus on the role of formal education for pro-environmental behavior in the Philippines and study three potentia…
Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa
Governance in socioeconomic pathways and its role for future adaptive capacity
Climate, conflict and forced migration
Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe. Exploiting bilateral data on asylum seeking applications for 157 countries over the period 2006–2015, we assess the determinants of refugee flows using a gravity model which accounts for endogenous selection in order to …
Bowling Together
A developing food crisis and potential refugee movements
Too few nutrients and too many calories
About half of children age under five worldwide who are classified as undernourished (84 million out of 151 million) or overweight or obese (17.5 million out of 38 million) live in Asia. Tackling malnutrition in Asia is however fairly complex since the nutritional transition, a consequence of rapid economic development and globalisation, made many Asian nations undergo the simultaneous burdens of under- and over-nutrition. The dual burden of maln…
Climate, conflict and forced migration
Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe. Exploiting bilateral data on asylum seeking applications for 157 countries over the period 2006–2015, we assess the determinants of refugee flows using a gravity model which accounts for endogenous selection in order to …
Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns
This paper investigates trends, patterns and determinants of intermarriage (and partnership) comparing patterns among men and women and among different ethnic groups in Britain. We distinguish between endogamous (co-ethnic), majority/minority and minority/minority marriages. Hypotheses are derived from the theoretical literatures on assimilation, segmented assimilation and opportunity structures. The empirical analysis is based on the 1988-2006 G…
Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future
This study aims at understanding the role of education in promoting disaster preparedness. Strengthening resilience to climate-related hazards is an urgent target of Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Preparing for a disaster such as stockpiling of emergency supplies or having a family evacuation plan can substantially minimize loss and damages from natural hazards. However, the levels of household disaster preparedness are often low e…
Women, Weather, and Woes
Existing gender inequality is believed to be heightened as a result of weather events and climate-related disasters that are likely to become more common in the future. We show that an already marginalized group—female-headed households in South Africa—is differentially affected by relatively modest levels of variation in rainfall, which households experience on a year-to-year basis. Data from three waves of the National Income Dynamics Survey in…
Generation, ethnic and religious diversity in friendship choice
Interethnic friendships can reflect intergroup relations and immigrants' integration into host societies. Using pooled 2007.09 Citizenship Surveys, this study investigates interethnic friendship patterns and determinants of friendship choice in Britain. The paper focuses on generational, ethnic and religious diversity in forming interethnic close ties. The most common friendship pattern is having co-ethnic close friends. This ethnic boundary in i…
Is Education a Key to Reducing Vulnerability to Natural Disasters and hence Unavoidable Climate Change
Muttarak, R. and W. Lutz. 2014. Is education a key to reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and hence unavoidable climate change? Ecology and Society 19(1): 42. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06476-190142
Green Returns to Education
After the floods
Excessive rainfall increases the risk of child stunting in India. • Children from socially disadvantaged households display higher vulnerability to such shocks. • Investment in women’s education can significantly reduce the risk of child stunting
Demographic perspectives in research on global environmental change
The human population is at the centre of research on global environmental change. On the one hand, population dynamics influence the environment and the global climate system through consumption-based carbon emissions. On the other hand, the health and well-being of the population are already being affected by climate change. A knowledge of population dynamics and population heterogeneity is thus fundamental to improving our understanding of how …
Dividing the pie in the eco-social state
Recent theoretical literature in social policy argued that climate change posed a new risk to the states and called for transformation from a traditional welfare state to an ‘eco’ state. From a theoretical point of view, different welfare regimes may manage environmental/climate change risks in a similar way to social risks. However, not much has been done to explore the issue empirically. To this end, this paper aims to investigate public attitu…
Governance in socioeconomic pathways and its role for future adaptive capacity
Is Buddhism the low fertility religion of Asia
The influence of religion on demographic behaviors has been extensively studied mainly for Abrahamic religions. Although Buddhism is the world ́s fourth largest religion and is dominant in several Asian nations experiencing very low fertility, the impact of
World's human migration patterns in 2000-2019 unveiled by high-resolution data
Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for the recent decades remained missing. We created a global dataset of annual net migration between 2000 and 2019 (~10 km grid, covering the areas of 216 countries or sovereign states), based on reported and downscaled subnational birth (2,555 administrative units) and de…
Like Mother(-in-Law) Like Daughter? Influence of the Older Generation’s Fertility Behaviours on Women’s Desired Family Size in Bihar, India
This paper investigates the associations between preferred family size of women in rural Bihar, India and the fertility behaviours of their mother and mother-in-law. Scheduled interviews of 440 pairs of married women aged 16-34 years and their mothers-in-law were conducted in 2011. Preferred family size is first measured by Coombs scale, allowing us to capture latent desired number of children and then categorized into three categories (low, medi…
Scales and sensitivities in climate vulnerability, displacement, and health
Circular visualization of China's internal migration flows 2010-2015
We adapted the chord diagram plot to visualize China's recent inter-provincial migration during 2010-2015. The arrowheads were added to present the direction of the flows. This method allows us to show the complete migration flows between 31 provinces in China including the direction and volume of the flows. The spatial component was also clearly depicted in the plot using four color palates representing four regions in China (i.e. East, Center, …
The Role of Education on Disaster Preparedness
Muttarak, R., and W. Pothisiri. 2013. The role of education on disaster preparedness: case study of 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes on Thailand’s Andaman Coast. Ecology and Society 18(4): 51. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06101-180451
Does Affirmative Action Work? Evidence from the Operation of Fair Employment Legislation in Northern Ireland
An affirmative action programme, established by the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, has been an important attempt to ensure 'fair participation' in employment for both Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland since 1990. The programme includes detailed monitoring of the community background of employees and requires employers to undertake remedial action where fair participation is not evident. Agreements were concluded between …
Domestic Service in Thailand
This study discusses paid domestic service employment in Thailand. Disparities in income distribution in the country and elsewhere in Southeast Asia provide a supply of domestic workers. Despite being commonly known as an exporter of domestic workers, Thailand is in fact a primary importing country as well. Domestic service is an arena in which gender, class and ethnicity collide
The Persistence of Parent Repayment” and the Anticipation of Filial Obligations of Care in Two Thai Provinces
With an accelerated and sustained decline in fertility and an increase in life expectancy, T hailand has entered its aging phase at a rapid pace. This raises an important question of who should care for the increasing elderly population. Using a survey of adults aged 16–64 years ( n = 742) in two provinces in the north‐east ( K alasin) and south ( P hang N ga) of T hailand, this paper explores the expectations that individuals have from their chi…
Applying Concepts and Tools in Demography for Estimating, Analyzing, and Forecasting Forced Migration
Among demographic events (birth, death, and migration), migration is notably the most volatile component to forecast accurately. Accounting for forced migration is even more challenging given the difficulty in collecting forced migration data. Knowledge of trends and patterns of forced migration and its future trajectory is, however, highly relevant for policy planning for migrant sending and receiving areas. This paper aims to review existing me…
Commentary
Bowling Together
Impacts of the 2010 Droughts and Floods on Community Welfare in Rural Thailand
Garbero, A., and R. Muttarak. 2013. Impacts of the 2010 droughts and floods on community welfare in rural Thailand: differential effects of village educational attainment. Ecology and Society 18(4): 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05871-180427
Domestic Service in Thailand
This study discusses paid domestic service employment in Thailand. Disparities in income distribution in the country and elsewhere in Southeast Asia provide a supply of domestic workers. Despite being commonly known as an exporter of domestic workers, Thailand is in fact a primary importing country as well. Domestic service is an arena in which gender, class and ethnicity collide
Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns
This paper investigates trends, patterns and determinants of intermarriage (and partnership) comparing patterns among men and women and among different ethnic groups in Britain. We distinguish between endogamous (co-ethnic), majority/minority and minority/minority marriages. Hypotheses are derived from the theoretical literatures on assimilation, segmented assimilation and opportunity structures. The empirical analysis is based on the 1988-2006 G…
Effects of the economic crisis on smoking prevalence and number of smokers in the USA
Objective Scanty and controversial information is available on the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on smoking behaviour. No study has quantified the effects of fiscal crises on smoking prevalence. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the 2007–2008 economic crisis on smoking prevalence and number of smokers in the USA. Methods Using data from the repeated Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys in pre-crisis (200…
Impacts of the 2010 Droughts and Floods on Community Welfare in Rural Thailand
Garbero, A., and R. Muttarak. 2013. Impacts of the 2010 droughts and floods on community welfare in rural Thailand: differential effects of village educational attainment. Ecology and Society 18(4): 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05871-180427
The Role of Education on Disaster Preparedness
Muttarak, R., and W. Pothisiri. 2013. The role of education on disaster preparedness: case study of 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes on Thailand’s Andaman Coast. Ecology and Society 18(4): 51. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06101-180451
Does Affirmative Action Work? Evidence from the Operation of Fair Employment Legislation in Northern Ireland
An affirmative action programme, established by the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, has been an important attempt to ensure 'fair participation' in employment for both Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland since 1990. The programme includes detailed monitoring of the community background of employees and requires employers to undertake remedial action where fair participation is not evident. Agreements were concluded between …
The Persistence of Parent Repayment” and the Anticipation of Filial Obligations of Care in Two Thai Provinces
With an accelerated and sustained decline in fertility and an increase in life expectancy, T hailand has entered its aging phase at a rapid pace. This raises an important question of who should care for the increasing elderly population. Using a survey of adults aged 16–64 years ( n = 742) in two provinces in the north‐east ( K alasin) and south ( P hang N ga) of T hailand, this paper explores the expectations that individuals have from their chi…
Is Education a Key to Reducing Vulnerability to Natural Disasters and hence Unavoidable Climate Change
Muttarak, R. and W. Lutz. 2014. Is education a key to reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and hence unavoidable climate change? Ecology and Society 19(1): 42. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06476-190142
Generation, ethnic and religious diversity in friendship choice
Interethnic friendships can reflect intergroup relations and immigrants' integration into host societies. Using pooled 2007.09 Citizenship Surveys, this study investigates interethnic friendship patterns and determinants of friendship choice in Britain. The paper focuses on generational, ethnic and religious diversity in forming interethnic close ties. The most common friendship pattern is having co-ethnic close friends. This ethnic boundary in i…
Is Buddhism the low fertility religion of Asia
The influence of religion on demographic behaviors has been extensively studied mainly for Abrahamic religions. Although Buddhism is the world ́s fourth largest religion and is dominant in several Asian nations experiencing very low fertility, the impact of
Green Returns to Education
Women, Weather, and Woes
Existing gender inequality is believed to be heightened as a result of weather events and climate-related disasters that are likely to become more common in the future. We show that an already marginalized group—female-headed households in South Africa—is differentially affected by relatively modest levels of variation in rainfall, which households experience on a year-to-year basis. Data from three waves of the National Income Dynamics Survey in…
Like Mother(-in-Law) Like Daughter? Influence of the Older Generation’s Fertility Behaviours on Women’s Desired Family Size in Bihar, India
This paper investigates the associations between preferred family size of women in rural Bihar, India and the fertility behaviours of their mother and mother-in-law. Scheduled interviews of 440 pairs of married women aged 16-34 years and their mothers-in-law were conducted in 2011. Preferred family size is first measured by Coombs scale, allowing us to capture latent desired number of children and then categorized into three categories (low, medi…
Dividing the pie in the eco-social state
Recent theoretical literature in social policy argued that climate change posed a new risk to the states and called for transformation from a traditional welfare state to an ‘eco’ state. From a theoretical point of view, different welfare regimes may manage environmental/climate change risks in a similar way to social risks. However, not much has been done to explore the issue empirically. To this end, this paper aims to investigate public attitu…
Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future
This study aims at understanding the role of education in promoting disaster preparedness. Strengthening resilience to climate-related hazards is an urgent target of Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Preparing for a disaster such as stockpiling of emergency supplies or having a family evacuation plan can substantially minimize loss and damages from natural hazards. However, the levels of household disaster preparedness are often low e…
Moving Along the Belt and Road
Along with the flows of China’s foreign direct investment following the newly implemented “One Belt, One Road” strategy by the Chinese government comes movement of state employees, entrepreneurs, workers and accompanying family members to respective countries along the Belt and Road. It is not clear how large the Chinese migration flows into these countries will be, who they will be comprised of, how the public reception of the host society will …
Circular visualization of China's internal migration flows 2010-2015
We adapted the chord diagram plot to visualize China's recent inter-provincial migration during 2010-2015. The arrowheads were added to present the direction of the flows. This method allows us to show the complete migration flows between 31 provinces in China including the direction and volume of the flows. The spatial component was also clearly depicted in the plot using four color palates representing four regions in China (i.e. East, Center, …
A developing food crisis and potential refugee movements
Too few nutrients and too many calories
About half of children age under five worldwide who are classified as undernourished (84 million out of 151 million) or overweight or obese (17.5 million out of 38 million) live in Asia. Tackling malnutrition in Asia is however fairly complex since the nutritional transition, a consequence of rapid economic development and globalisation, made many Asian nations undergo the simultaneous burdens of under- and over-nutrition. The dual burden of maln…
Greening through schooling
In recent years, changing lifestyle, consumption and mobility patterns have contributed to a global rise in greenhouse gases responsible for the warming of the planet. Despite its increasing relevance, there is a lack of understanding of factors influencing the environmental behavior of people from emerging economies. In this study, we focus on the role of formal education for pro-environmental behavior in the Philippines and study three potentia…
Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa
Governance in socioeconomic pathways and its role for future adaptive capacity
Climate, conflict and forced migration
Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe. Exploiting bilateral data on asylum seeking applications for 157 countries over the period 2006–2015, we assess the determinants of refugee flows using a gravity model which accounts for endogenous selection in order to …
Bowling Together
A meta-analysis of country-level studies on environmental change and migration
Geography (27 works) · Economics (25 works) · Political science (22 works) · Climate change (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (12 works) · Population (12 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Biology (9 works)