Table 2 Walking speed across different land cover types during the dry and wet season. Travel speed were compiled from Pozzi & Robinson [[64]]
From: It’s a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger
Land cover type | Dry season | Wet season |
|---|---|---|
Walking | Walking | |
Open or sparse vegetation | ||
Includes open grassland, open grassland with shrubs, sparse grassland, croplands (>50%), croplands with woody vegetation | 3 km/h (20 min/km) | 2 km/h (30 min/km) |
Deciduous Shrub land/woodland | ||
Irrigated Croplands | 1.5 km/h (40 min/km) | 1 km/h (60 min/km) |
Closed grassland | ||
Desert | 1.5 km/h | 1 km/h |
Stony desert | 1.5 km/h | Impassable |
Bare Rock | 1.5 km/h | Impassable |
Water bodies | Impassable | Impassable |
Cities | 4 km/h (15 min/km) | 3 km/h (20 min/km) |