Research Article
Changing Land Use Patterns and Their Impacts on Wild Ungulates in Kimana Wetland Ecosystem, Kenya
Table 1
The area (km2) and the percent land cover for land use changes in KWE.
| Land use types | 1980 (km2) | RLC (%) | 1990 (km2) | RLC (%) | 2000 (km2) | RLC (%) | 2010 (km2) | RLC (%) | 2013 (km2) | RLC (%) | % increase (+) or decrease (−) |
| Settlement | 2.08 | 0.00 | 4.16 | 0.12% | 7.78 | 0.23% | 15.10 | 0.45% | 16.26 | 0.49 | 681.57% | Woodland | 58.93 | 1.76% | 58.93 | 1.76% | 56.54 | 1.69% | 56.24 | 1.68% | 55.78 | 1.67 | −5.35% | Cropland | 69.97 | 2.09% | 176.06 | 5.26% | 263.63 | 7.87% | 421.23 | 12.58% | 438.17 | 13.09 | 526.21% | Forestland | 62.27 | 1.86% | 57.6 | 1.72% | 45.12 | 1.35% | 34.53 | 1.03% | 32.65 | 0.98 | −47.56% | Other lands | 108.04 | 3.23% | 202.61 | 6.05% | 246.3 | 7.36% | 271.78 | 8.12% | 303.47 | 9.06 | 180.89% | Wetland | 492.66 | 14.71% | 368.92 | 11.02% | 262.72 | 7.85% | 197.63 | 5.90% | 153.05 | 4.57 | −68.93% | Grassland | 2555.71 | 76.32% | 2480.37 | 74.07% | 2466.56 | 73.66% | 2351.95 | 70.24% | 2349.132 | 70.15 | −8.08% |
| Total | 3348.66 | 100.00% | 3348.65 | 100.00% | 3348.65 | 100.00% | 3348.46 | 100.00% | 3348.51 | 100.00 | |
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