Table 2 Travel speeds used for development under a scenario where patients walk to health facilities

From: Mapping and quantifying travel time to define health facility catchment areas in Blantyre city in Malawi

ESA Landcover category and OSM Highway tag

Walking speed (km/h)

Residential

5.07

Service

5.07

Primary

5.29

Secondary

5.29

Tertiary

5.29

Track

4.82

Footway

4.82

Path

4.82

Trunk

4.82

Cycleway

4.82

Unclassified road

5

Tree cover

3.5

Shrubland

4.5

Grassland

4

Cropland

3.5

Built-up

5

Sparse vegetation

4.5

Permanent water bodies

1

Herbaceous vegetation

4.5