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

Table 9

LULC class annual change rate from 1999 to 2019.

LULC classes	1999	2019	1999 to 2019
			Change		Annual change rate
	Area (km^2)	Area (km^2)	Area (km^2)	% of initial	km·year^−1	%
Built-up area	14.65	43.19	28.54	194.81	1.43	9.74
Forest land	22.67	2.15	−20.52	−90.52	−1.03	−4.53
Bare land	0.20	0.15	−0.05	−25.00	0.00	−1.25
Herbaceous land	61.04	17.29	−43.75	−71.67	−2.19	−3.58
Agricultural land	131.83	167.63	35.80	27.16	1.79	1.36
Waterbody	0.29	0.27	−0.02	−6.90	0.00	−0.34
Total	230.68	230.68