Basic Income for Disasters and Climate Change in Africa

Agrarian Risk Reduction and Adaptation
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-79610-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in African Development

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 increasingly not isolated occurrences, and the vulnerability of communities is cumulative event after event, with capacities to cope and adapt weakened progressively. With pre- and post-disaster operating as a single continuous process, basic income could provide communities with a stable flow of money, leaving them better able to adapt and respond to crises. To illustrate the theoretical framework, the book uses Mozambique, and more specifically the district of Búzi, as an instrumental case study.

This innovative book will be of interest to readers across the fields of global development, African studies and humanitarian and disaster studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bernardo, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Sara Bernardo holds a PhD in African Studies from ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute, Portugal. She has previously worked in the NGO sector.