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9.2 Interviews: Rural Population in the Study AreaooWhat is your occupation?What kind of energy sources do you use at home and at work?o Do you have access to electricity?If so, how is the electricity produced?o Are you in need of electricity?o What would you use the electricity for?o What disadvantages do you think electricity would bring you?o With electricity comes also some expensesmoney for that service?for you; are you able to pay anyo Are you willing to pay more money for electricity than for your current energysources?o If you get electricity from a small Hydro Power Plant, would you be interested inlearning how it works and then for free take care of maintenance 1 hour everyday?o Do you think it is worth to sacrifice a part of your land to build a power plant,which will give you electricity?72
9.3 Digital DataAll data layers are digitised in Arc 1960 UTM Zone 36N projection. The Arc Datum1960 is referenced to the modified Clarke 1880 ellipsoid, Transverse Mercator projectionw ith coordinates on the UTM grid. Following layers are divided into classes andsometimes sub-classes:Watercourses (Line Shapefile)o Permanent watercoursesRiver: normal permanentRiver: small permanento Seasonal watercoursesRiver: small normalRiver: smallAdministrative units (Polygon Shapefile)o Districto Countyo Sub-countyo Parisho Forest reserveo National parkInfrastructure (Line Shapefile)o All weather, tarmac with more than 2 laneso All weather, tarmac with 1 to 2 laneso All weather, eroded tarmaco All weather, loose surfaceo All weather, eroded loose surfaceo Dry weather, loose surfaceo Motorable tracko Bridge, carso Railwayo Railway, abandonedContours (Line Shapefile)o Elevation contours with equidistance of 30 meters.Land Cover/Use (PC ArcInfo Polygon Coverage)o Deciduous plantation or woodloto Coniferous plantation or woodloto Tropical High Forest, fully stockedo Tropical High Forest, depletedo Woodland (trees and shrubs, average height > 4 meters)o Bushland (bush, thickets and scrubs, average height > 4 meterso Grassland, Rangelands, Pastureland, Open Savannah (with or without scattered trees, bush,scrub or thicket)o Wetland (swampy areas with or without papyrus or reeds)o Subsistence farmland (mixed, in use or fallow)o Uniform farmland (e.g. tea or sugar estates)o Urban or rural built-up areao Open water (large rivers, ponds or lakes)o Impediments (e.g. bare rock or barren soil)73
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Seminar series nr 121Finding Potent
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AbstractOver 2 billion people, most
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AcknowledgmentsFirst of all, we wou
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2 Study AreaThe main reason for us
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In the 1960’s Uganda was one of t
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2.1.3 TopographyMost of Uganda is s
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