Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Districts Of Uganda -- Contributors -- CHAPTER 1 - CLIMATE OF UGANDA -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Types of Climate -- 1.2.1 True Equatorial Climate -- 1.2.2 Modified Equatorial Climate -- 1.2.3 Tropical savanna or Continental climate -- 1.2.4 Semi arid or arid climate -- 1.2.5 Montane Climate -- 1.3 Factors Influencing Climate in Uganda -- 1.3.1 Latitudinal Effect -- 1.3.2 Altitude -- 1.3.3 The general physical shape of the landscape -- 1.3.4 The Effects of Winds -- 1.3.5 Water Bodies -- 1.3.6 Vegetation -- 1.3.7 Human Influence -- 1.4 Climatic Zones -- 1.5 Climate and its relative importance to economic development -- 1.5.1 Climate as a resource and as a hazard -- 1.5.2 Climate and Agriculture -- 1.6 Types of rainfall -- 1.6.1 Effects of rainfall on human activities in Uganda -- 1.6.2 Rainfall distribution -- 1.6.3 Rainfall Effectiveness -- 1.6.4 Rainfall Reliability -- 1.6.5 Rainfall Variability -- 1.7 Climate and Fishing -- 1.8 Climate and Disease Control -- 1.9 Climate and Human Settlement -- 1.10 Climate change and variability in Uganda -- 1.10.1 Climate change -- 1.10.2 Climate variability -- 1.11 Effects of climatic variations in Uganda -- 1.12 Proposed future directions in mitigating the effects of climate variations -- Chapter 2 - GEOMORPHOLOGY OF UGANDA -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Landforms -- 2.2.1 Residuals on Upland Surface -- 2.2.2 Remnants of Upland Surface -- 2.2.3 Remnants of Lowland Surface -- 2.2.4 Surfaces of Rift Edge and Achwa -- 2.2.5 Bevels in Eastern Upwarp -- 2.2.6 Zones of Inselbergs and Tors -- 2.2.7 Sediments of the Western Rift Valley -- 2.2.8 Alluvial Infills and Outwash Fans -- 2.3 Relief and Physiographic Regions of Uganda -- 2.3.1 Lowlands -- 2.3.2 Plateau -- 2.3.3 The Highlands (Upland) -- 2.3.4 Mountains.

2.4. The Structure of Uganda -- 2.4.1 The Influence of Structure upon the Drainage Pattern of Uganda -- 2.4.2 The Drainage pattern of Uganda and its evolution -- Chapter 3 - SOILS AND SOIL DEGRADATION IN UGANDA -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Distribution of major soil types -- 3.3 Soil Degradation -- 3.3.1 Types, Distribution and Trends of Soil Degradation -- 3.3.2 Chemical and physical deterioration -- 3.3.3 Causes of soil degradation -- 3.3.4 Impacts of soil degradation -- 3.4 Strategies for addressing soil degradation in Uganda -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - FORESTRY SECTOR IN UGANDA'S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Land and Tree Tenure -- 4.3 Importance of Forestry in Uganda -- 4.3.1 Forest revenue -- 4.3.2 Fuelwood -- 4.3.3 Fuelwood for rural households -- 4.3.4 Trade in Charcoal -- 4.3.5 Timber -- 4.3.6 Trade in timber -- 4.3.7 Non-wood forest products -- 4.3.8 Watershed management and soil conservation -- 4.3.9 Soil protection and soil fertility -- 4.3.10 Forests improve local-climates -- 4.3.11 Biodiversity support systems -- 4.3.12 Employment -- 4.4 The policy framework for Collaborative Forest Management in Uganda -- 4.4.1 Mount Elgon National Park -- 4.4.2 Budongo Forest Reserve -- 4.4.3 Mabira Forest Reserve -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 - WATER AND WETLAND RESOURCES IN UGANDA -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Water Resources -- 5.2.1 Surface Water Resources -- 5.2.2 Water Resource Problems -- 5.2.3 Hydropolitics of the Nile -- 5.2.4 Managing Water Resources -- 5.3 Fishery Resources -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 5.5 Introduction -- 5.5.1 Wetlands in Uganda -- 5.5.2 Wetland usage in Uganda -- 5.5.3 Defining Wetlands -- 5.6 Area, Distribution and Classification of Uganda's Wetlands -- 5.7 Trends and current status of Uganda's wetlands -- 5.8 Wetland values, production and livelihood -- 5. 9 Threats to wetlands resources in Uganda.

5.10 Wetlands legislation and institutional arrangements in Uganda -- 5.11 Strategies for effective wetland management -- Chapter 6 - POPULATION GEOGRAPHY: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS IN UGANDA -- 6. 1 Introduction -- 6.2 Population Density -- 6.3 Demographics -- 6.3.1 Sex Ratio and Age -- 6.3.2 Population Pyramid -- 6.3.3 Fertility -- 6.3.4 Fertility Trends -- 6.3.5 Factors Influencing Fertility -- 6.4 Mortality -- 6.4.1 Factors which affect mortality -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 - URBAN GEOGRAPHY OF UGANDA -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Evolution of Urban Societies -- 7.3 The Internal Structure of Cities -- 7.4 Urban Form in cities of Developing Countries -- 7.5 Urbanization in Uganda -- 7.5.1 Uganda's urban geography -- 7.5.2 Trends of Urbanization in Uganda -- 7.6 Challenges of Urban Growth in Uganda -- 7.6.1 Economic and Social problems -- 7.6.2 Urbanization and the Environment -- 7.6.3 Urban Agriculture -- 7.6.4 Solid Waste Management -- 7.7 Evolution of Kampala and Jinja as urban centres -- 7.7.1 Kampala -- 7.7.2 Jinja -- 7.8 The Future of Urbanization in Uganda -- 7.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 - MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY OF UGANDA -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Measures of Frequency of Health Events: Rates, Incidence and Prevalence -- 8.3 Disease Distribution -- 8.3.1 Malaria -- 8.3.2 HIV/AIDS Related Diseases -- 8.3.3 Other Diseases -- 8.4 Distribution of Medical Services/ Health Care System -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 - POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF UGANDA -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 History of Administrative Units in Uganda: The Evolution of Administrative Boundaries -- 9.3 The Uganda Administrative System -- 9.3.1 Central Government -- 9.3.2 District/Urban Local Governments -- 9.3.3 Lower Local Governments -- 9.3.4 Local Administrative Units -- 9.4 Conclusion -- 9.5 Electoral Geography of Uganda -- 9.5.1 Background.

9.6. Case Study of Electoral Geography -- 9.6.1 The Presidential Election of 1996: Political History of Candidates -- 9.6.2 Electoral Geography of the Periphery: Characteristics of Politics of Failure -- 9.6.3 The Geography of Voting in Uganda: Analysis of Voting Patterns -- 9.6.4 Spatial Characteristics and Choice of Candidate in the 1996 and 2001 Elections -- 9.6.5 Choice of Candidate and Religious Affiliations -- 9.6.6 Choice of Candidate and Education -- 9.6.7 Voting Participation -- 9.6.8 Core and Periphery Model and Voting Patterns -- 9.6.9 Elections and External Support Geography -- 9.6.10 Implications of the elections -- 9.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 10 - ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF UGANDA -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Agriculture in Uganda -- 10.2.1 Non-traditional agriculture -- 10.2.2 Traditional export agriculture (Commercial/Large Scale Farming) -- 10.2.3 Factors Influencing Location of Agriculture -- 10.2.4 Distribution of Agriculture -- 10.2.5 Characteristics of Uganda Agriculture -- 10.2.6 Trends in Agricultural Production as part of GDP -- 10.2.7 Crops -- 10.2.8 Livestock -- 10.3 Fisheries -- 10.4 Prospects for Agriculture in Uganda -- 10.5 Manufacturing in Uganda -- 10.5.1 Factors influencing Manufacturing activity in Uganda -- 10.6 Export Trade -- 10.6.1 Export Opportunities -- 10.7 Remittance of Money from Outside -- 10.8 External Debt -- 10.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 - GEOGRAPHY AND DEVELOPMENT -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Human beings at the centre of Geography -- 11.3 Understanding sustainable development -- 11.4 Linking Geography to Development -- 11.5 Climate and Atmosphere -- 11.6 Land and Soils -- 11.7 Fisheries -- 11.8 Wildlife and Tourism -- 11.9 Biodiversity -- 11.10 Energy -- 11.11 Minerals -- 11.12 Difficulties in implementing sustainable development -- 11.13 Policy Implications -- 11.14 Conclusion.

Chapter 12 - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM: APPLICATION TO URBAN GEOGRAPHY OF UGANDA -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 Definition of GIS -- 12.1.2 Components of GIS -- 12.1.3 Basic theoretical underpinnings of GIS -- 12.2 Geographic phenomena -- 12.2.1 Spatial data types -- 12.2.2 Point representations -- 12.2.3 Line representations -- 12.2.4 Area representations -- 12.2.5 Computer representation of geographic phenomena -- 12.2.6 Topology and Spatial Relationships -- 12.2.7 Scale and Resolution -- 12.2.8 Temporal dimension -- 12.2.9 GIS as an Integrative System -- 12.3 GIS and Methods of Geography -- 12.3.1 A brief on methodology in Geography -- 12.3.2 Maps and map making in Geography -- 12.3.3 Is GIS a new discipline or method/tool in geography? -- 12.3.4 Fields of GIS application -- 12.3.5 Organizations using GIS in Uganda -- 12.4 GIS applications in Geography -- 12.4.1 GIS and analysis of population -- 12.4.2 GIS applications in Urban studies and Development -- 12.4.3 Determining Criterion Weights -- 12.4.4 Environmental analysis using GIS -- 12.4.5 Opportunities and Challenges of GIS use -- 12.5 Conclusion -- Back cover.