Environmental Systems Research

Table 5 Horizontal urban expansion of Bahir Dar and Hawassa (1973–2015)

From: Spatiotemporal trends of urban land use/land cover and green infrastructure change in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

Year	Bahir Dar				Hawassa
	Urban area (ha)	Change (Ha)			Urban area (ha)	Change (Ha)
	Urban area (ha)	1973–2000	2000–2015	1973–2015	Urban area (ha)	1973–2000	2000–2015	1973–2015
1973	184	2214			619	613
2000	2398		3181		1232		1079
2015	5579			5395	2311			1692
% Change (ha year⁻¹)		44.56	8.84	69.81		3.67	5.84	6.51

Horizontal urban expansion includes urban built up area and green spaces with in built-up area (see Fig. 3a, b)

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