Land use/land cover changes and their environmental implications in the Gelana sub-watershed of Northern highlands of Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 4 Trends of LULC changes in the Gelana sub watershed, Northern highlands of Ethiopia

LULC type	Trends of LULC changes
	1964–1986			1986–2014			1964–2014
	Area (ha)	% change	Rate of change (%/year)	Area (ha)	% change	Rate of change (%/year)	Area (ha)	% change	Rate of change (%/year)
Forest	−2864	−79.27	−3.6	602	80.37	2.87	−2262	−62.61	−1.25
Shrub land	2010	74.36	3.38	−1365	−28.96	−1.03	645	23.86	0.48
Cultivated and rural settlement	636	3.68	0.17	597	3.33	0.12	1233	7.13	0.14
Grass land	322	56.69	2.58	−146	−16.40	−0.59	176	30.99	0.62
Bare land	4	3.88	0.18	251	234.58	8.38	255	247.57	4.95
Urban built up area	51	231.82	10.54	262	358.90	12.82	313	1422.73	28.45
Wet land	−159	−24.05	−1.09	−201	−40.04	−1.43	−360	−54.46	−1.09