Modeling the Effects of Land-Cover Change on Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in a Semiarid, Eastern Mediterranean Watershed

Table 4

Changes in land-cover classes between 1989 and 2009. Values in bold mark the largest changes.

Land-cover	Number of pixels in 1989	Number of pixels in 2009	Change of specific land-cover between years (%)	Change out of total subbasin (%)	Number of pixels in 1989	Number of pixels in 2009	Change of specific land-cover between years (%)	Change out of total subbasin (%)
	Yarkon				Beit Dagan
Residential	45830	116316	153.80	6.97	30496	79637	161.14	8.27
Bare rock	92196	145011	57.29	5.23	88798	63719	−28.24	−4.22
Forest	5022	3106	−38.15	−0.19	7302	8132	11.37	0.14
Orchards	283741	315179	11.08	3.11	123224	121657	−1.27	−0.26
Natural area	290190	259873	−10.45	−3.00	159854	182431	14.12	3.80
Agricultural land	293927	171308	−41.72	−12.13	184744	138838	−24.85	−7.72
	Shilo				Natuf
Residential	9208	19917	116.30	2.81	6955	18969	172.74	4.65
Bare rock	41795	91806	119.66	13.12	55905	49271	−11.87	−2.57
Forest	765	434	−43.27	−0.09	1343	3015	124.50	0.65
Orchards	115226	146357	27.02	8.17	72206	82477	14.22	3.97
Natural area	132613	75376	−43.16	−15.02	81506	80775	−0.90	−0.28
Agricultural land	81483	47199	−42.08	−9.00	40662	24070	−40.80	−6.42
	Kana				Lod
Residential	6620	18149	174.15	4.57	7664	25545	233.31	12.50
Bare rock	22029	35127	59.46	5.19	10374	6229	−39.96	−2.90
Forest	839	760	−9.42	−0.03	4581	4048	−11.64	−0.37
Orchards	92137	103379	12.20	4.46	25067	12789	−48.98	−8.58
Natural area	80675	77806	−3.56	−1.14	33743	42701	26.55	6.26
Agricultural land	49997	16994	−66.01	−13.09	61650	51764	−16.04	−6.91