Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing: Case of Blantyre City

Table 4

LULC area statistics for 1999, 2010, and 2019.

LULC classes	1999		2010		2019
	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%
Built-up area	14.65	6.35	27.13	11.76	43.19	18.72
Forest land	22.67	9.83	4.55	1.97	2.15	0.93
Bare land	0.20	0.09	0.27	0.12	0.15	0.07
Herbaceous land	61.04	26.46	27.76	12.03	17.29	7.5
Agricultural land	131.83	57.15	170.71	74.00	167.63	72.67
Waterbody	0.29	0.13	0.26	0.11	0.27	0.12
Total	230.68	100	230.68	100	230.68	100