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Table 1 Predictive variables investigated in each city

From: Modelling and mapping the intra-urban spatial distribution of Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate using very-high-resolution satellite derived indicators

 

Kampala

Dar es Salaam

Type

Land cover

 Low vegetation (humid, riparian, grasses, bushes)

X

X

Proportion

 Tall vegetation

X

X

Proportion

 Bare ground (or dried out vegetation)

X

X

Proportion

 Water

X

X

Proportion

 Building

X

 

Proportion

 Low elevated building

 

X

Proportion

 Medium elevated building

 

X

Proportion

 High elevated building

 

X

Proportion

Land use

 Planned residential

X

X

Proportion

 Informal residential − high density

X

X

Proportion

 Informal residential − medium/low density

X

X

Proportion

 Wetlands, streams, marshes, rivers (mixed class)

X

 

Distance

OSM

 Wetlands

 

X

Distance

 Rivers

 

X

Distance

 Streams

 

X

Distance

Ancillary features

 Population per hectare

X

X

Average

 Normalized difference vegetation index

X

X

Average

 Terrain elevation

X

X

Average