4.2.3. Municipalities' belief regarding whether they see “direct challenges” associated with new development
We construct a summated scale out of the items to gain an overview of the belief regarding the presence of challenges associated with hydropower development. The perceived belief summated scale also confirms that on the whole, users agree; and quite a few strongly agree to the item questions that measure municipalities’ belief regarding the challenges associated with hydropower development. The item BE4 (The hydropower construction is a threat to the cultural heritage of the communit4.2.4. Municipalities' knowledge regarding hydropower development
Results from the descriptive analysis indicates that while municipalities mostly agree with the measurement questions regarding the knowledge, the bulk of the distribution lies between 4 and 5, indicating an overall positive agreement. From the collected data, we can infer that most of the municipalities have quite good knowledge regarding new hydropower developments in their municipalities.
y) mean value is 4.25, overall agreement with the items which can possess a challenges.