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

Table 5

LULC class change/transition matrix.

	LULC class	Built-up area	Forest land	Bare land	Herbaceous land	Agricultural land	Waterbody	Class total
1999 LULC area (km^2)
2010 LULC	Built-up area	14.15	0.52	0.00	1.85	10.61	0.00	27.13
	Forest land	0.02	4.36	0.00	0.10	0.07	0.00	4.55
	Bare land	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.14	0.03	0.00	0.27
	Herbaceous land	0.07	7.00	0.01	18.89	1.77	0.02	27.76
	Agricultural land	0.35	10.78	0.16	40.06	119.35	0.01	170.71
	Waterbody	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.26	0.26
	Class total	14.65	22.67	0.20	61.04	131.83	0.29	230.68
	Class changes	0.50	18.31	0.17	42.15	20.48	0.03
2010 LULC area (km^2)
2019 LULC	Built-up area	27.01	0.51	0.01	0.35	15.31	0.00	43.19
	Forest land	0.01	2.01	0.00	0.07	0.06	0.00	2.15
	Bare land	0.00	0.02	0.08	0.03	0.02	0.00	0.15
	Herbaceous land	0.03	0.97	0.00	14.87	1.41	0.01	17.29
	Agricultural land	0.08	1.04	0.16	12.44	153.91	0.00	167.63
	Waterbody	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.27
	Class total	27.13	4.55	0.27	27.76	170.71	0.26	230.68
	Class changes	0.12	2.54	0.19	12.89	16.80	0.01
1999 LULC area (km^2)
2019 LULC	Built-up area	13.96	2.46	0.01	3.89	22.87	0.00	43.19
	Forest land	0.00	1.97	0.00	0.08	0.10	0.00	2.15
	Bare land	0.01	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.15
	Herbaceous land	0.07	3.93	0.00	9.25	4.03	0.01	17.29
	Agricultural land	0.61	14.27	0.14	47.79	104.82	0.00	167.63
	Waterbody	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.27
	Class total	14.65	22.67	0.20	61.04	131.83	0.29	230.68
	Class changes	0.69	20.70	0.15	51.79	27.01	0.02