1st Edition
Basic Income for Disasters and Climate Change in Africa Agrarian Risk Reduction and Adaptation
By Sara Bernardo
Copyright 2025
248 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in African agrarian societies.
African agrarian societies are among those most severely impacted by disasters due to insufficient financial and technological resources to prepare for and respond to crises. This book argues that hazards and environmental disasters are... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Crises, disasters and societies
3. African agrarian societies
4. Sub-Saharan African agrarian societies in disasters
5. Development and humanitarian aid as intervention
6. Transfers – in-kind, vouchers and cash
7. With a case study: Mozambique – Búzi district
8. A detailed look at disasters management from a population perspective – Búzi district as an illustrative case
9. Conclusions
10. Wrapping up
Biography
Sara Bernardo holds a PhD in African Studies from ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute, Portugal. She has previously worked in the NGO sector.
