Table 4 Percentage of LULCC in (ha) in Hawassa and Bahir Dar during (1973–2015)
LULC types | Hawassa | Bahir Dar | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persistence | Gains | Losses | Net change | Persistence | Gains | Losses | Net change | |||||||||
Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | |
Urban built up area | 175.5 | 8.8 | 1085.6 | 50.16 | − 101.0 | − 4.7 | 985.5 | 45.5 | 42.5 | 0.3 | 2697.2 | 22.51 | − 42.9 | − 0.4 | 2654.3 | 22.2 |
Vegetation | 96.6 | 4.8 | 72.9 | 3.368 | − 648.0 | − 29.9 | − 575.1 | − 26.6 | 1730.1 | 12.9 | 853.1 | 7.119 | − 8381.7 | − 69.9 | − 7528.6 | − 62.8 |
Water body | 1510.2 | 75.7 | 51.2 | 2.364 | − 2.4 | − 0.1 | 48.7 | 2.3 | 3512.8 | 26.2 | 229.3 | 1.914 | − 187.5 | − 1.6 | 41.8 | 0.3 |
Green space in urban area | 116.5 | 5.8 | 933.1 | 43.12 | − 226.5 | − 10.5 | 706.6 | 32.7 | 55.6 | 0.4 | 2785.9 | 23.25 | − 43.1 | − 0.4 | 2742.9 | 22.9 |
Cropland | 95.6 | 4.8 | 21.4 | 0.99 | − 1186.2 | − 54.8 | − 1164.8 | − 53.8 | 8086.9 | 60.2 | 5417.6 | 45.21 | − 3328.0 | − 27.8 | 2089.6 | 17.4 |
Total | 1994.4 | 47.96 | 2164.2 | 52.04 | − 2164.2 | − 52.04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13,428.0 | 52.84 | 11,983.2 | 47.16 | − 11,983.2 | − 47.16 | 0.0 | 0.0 |