Land use/cover spatiotemporal dynamics, driving forces and implications at the Beshillo catchment of the Blue Nile Basin, North Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 7 Summary of % of LULC gain, loss, swap and absolute net changes in Gedalas watershed (1973–2017)

LULC class	Total		Persistence	Gain	Loss	Total change	Swap	Absolute value of net change
LULC class	1973	2017	Persistence	Gain	Loss	Total change	Swap	Absolute value of net change
Afro/sub Alpine veg	19.77	14.66	12.46	2.20	7.31	9.52	4.40	5.12
Bare lands	2	3	1.61	0.95	0.05	1.00	0.10	0.90
Farmlands/settlements	50	53	45.50	7.96	4.68	12.63	9.36	3.27
Grasslands	16	13	11.71	0.97	4.63	5.61	1.94	3.67
Shrub/bush lands	11	13	8.26	4.30	2.55	6.86	5.10	1.76
Water courses/beds	1	0	0.29	0.09	0.22	0.31	0.18	0.13
Woodlands/plantations	1	4	0.65	3.05	0.08	3.14	0.16	2.98
Total	100.00	100.00	80.47	19.53	19.53	39.07	21.24	17.83