Research Article
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, km2 |
Change km2 | 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 |
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(−) indicates decrease.
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