Awareness of Environmental Change, Climate Variability, and Their Role in Prevalence of Mosquitoes among Urban Dwellers in Southern Ghana

Table 3

Indicators of vegetation cover and land use/land cover changes in Accra (AMA) and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area (STMA).

Decade	AMA	STMA
	Vegetation/land use/land cover	Vegetation/land use/land cover
1961–1970	(i) Abundant grass/ shrubs; (ii) Numerous neem trees (Azadirachta indica); (iii) Farming activities; (iv) Few houses	(i) Vast forest cover; (ii) Numerous coconut trees; (iii) Few houses; (iv) Farming activities
1971–1980	(i) Increase in housing; (ii) Farming activities; (iii) Abundant grass/shrubs	(i) Forest depletion begun; (ii) Increase in housing; (iii) Farming activities
1981–1990	(i) Increase in housing; (ii) Rising of slums; (iii) Farming activities	(i) Forest depletion increased; (ii) Uncoordinated building
1991–2000	(i) Uncoordinated building/rising of shanty towns; (ii) A few farming activities	(i) Forest depletion worsen; (ii) Extinction of coconut trees
2001–2010	(i) Uncoordinated building; (ii) Decrease in vegetation; (iii) Increasing commercial activities	(i) Uncoordinated building; (ii) Rapid expansion of built-up areas