Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS at an Urban Area, Tirupati, India

Table 2

Land use/land cover changes from 1976 to 2003.

Class name	Area, km^2		Change km^2
	1976	2003
Built-up area	5.91	18.34	12.43
Agriculture	68.23	21.45	−46.78
Water spread area	12.09	9.91	−2.18
Dense forest	22.35	4.25	−18.10
Open forest	0.00	10.90	10.90
Plantation	0.79	21.80	21.01
Other land	15.64	38.22	22.57
Mining	0.00	0.13	0.13
Total	125.00	125.00	0.00

(−) indicates decrease.