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

Table 7

LULC class annual change rate from 1999 to 2010.

LULC classes	1999	2010	1999 to 2010
			Change		Annual change rate
	Area (km^2)	Area (km^2)	Area (km^2)	% of initial	km·year^−1	%
Built-up area	14.65	27.13	20.48	85.19	1.13	7.74
Forest land	22.67	4.55	−18.12	−79.93	−1.65	−7.27
Bare land	0.20	0.27	0.07	35.00	0.01	3.18
Herbaceous land	61.04	27.76	−33.28	−54.52	−3.03	−4.96
Agricultural land	131.83	170.71	30.88	29.49	3.53	2.68
Waterbody	0.29	0.26	−0.03	−10.34	0.00	−0.94
Total	230.68	230.68