Patterns, causes and consequences of land use/cover dynamics in the Gumara watershed of lake Tana basin, Northwestern Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 3 Rate of LULC dynamics (1957–2005) in the Gumara watershed

Landuse/cover classes	1957–1985			1985–2005			1957–2005
	Total change		Annual change	Total change		Annual change	Total change		Annual change
	Ha	%	%	Ha	%	%	Ha	%	%
Wetland	−587	−60.57	−2.16	−116	−30.36	−1.5	−703	−72.54	−1.54
Shrub land	−7189	−58.13	−2.07	−4144	−79.54	−3.97	−11,303	+91.39	−1.90
Cultivated and settlement land	+2426	+17.98	+0.64	+7974	+4.89	+0.24	+31,209	+21.99	+0.45
Forest land	−14,594	−75.90	−2.7	−1807	−39.00	−1.95	−16,401	−85.30	−1.77
Grass land	−1971	−49.73	−1.77	−1047	−52.56	−2.68	−3018	−76.15	−1.58