Joto Afrika: adapting to climate change in Africa, issue 3
This issue addresses disaster risk and climate change through a series of case studies and research summaries focusing on increasing 'natural' disasters, such as droughts and floods, as well as on people’s vulnerability to already existing hazards in developing countries. It is aimed at helping people understand the issues, constraints and opportunities that poor people face in adapting to climate change and escaping poverty.
Its content includes:
- Disaster risk and climate change in Africa
- Peer learning in drought risk management
- Managing vulnerability in urban Nigeria
- Community-based flood risk strategies in Tanzania
- What can communities do to reduce disaster risk in Botswana?
- Using indigenous knowledge to predict rainfall in Kenya
- Managing disaster risk in Mozambique through the media
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