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. 2022 Nov 18;19(22):15265. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215265

Table 4.

Effect of built environmental variables on dengue-related risk.

Types Variables Positive Negative Nonlinear Unknown
Land Cover Built-up/
impervious area
D7, D8 *, D17, D18 *;
A2, A5, A6 A1 (asphalt) A6 *
NDVI (EVI) D17;
A5, A7
D8 *, D9, D11, D13 D7 (warm season); A6 * D15
Trees density/canopy D14 A6 *
NDWI A2 A4 * A6 *
Land Use Residential use D11, D13;
A4 *
Open space use A4 *
Greenings A3, A4 A1, A6 *
Vacant use A2
Unplanned area D13; A4
Morphology Property size A8
Landscape Proximity to parks/managed vegetation D3 *
Proximity to water bodies/rivers D13;
A5
D14; D3 *
Road Road density D8 *, D11, D7, D18 D3 *
Road length A8
Establishment Proximity to specific establishment D14 (tires and plant nurseries);
A5 (cemeteries, tires)
D6
(hospital)
D2 (species),
D3 * (workplaces)
Infrastructure Container density D19 (types)
Water tanks A8
Drain network D13
Topography Flow accumulation A6 *
Elevation D13 D3; A3 A6 *
Slope A6 *

* Aedes albopictus.