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

Table 8

LULC class annual change rate from 2010 to 2019.

LULC classes	2010	2019	2010 to 2019
			Change		Annual change rate
	Area (km^2)	Area (km^2)	Area (km^2)	% of initial	km·year^−1	%
Built-up area	27.13	43.19	16.06	59.20	1.78	6.58
Forest land	4.55	2.15	−2.40	−52.75	−0.27	−5.86
Bare land	0.27	0.15	−0.12	−44.44	−0.01	−4.94
Herbaceous land	27.76	17.29	−10.47	−37.72	−1.16	−4.19
Agricultural land	170.71	167.63	−3.08	−1.80	−0.34	−0.20
Waterbody	0.26	0.27	0.01	3.85	0.00	0.43
Total	230.68	230.68