Land Use/Cover Change Detection and Urban Sprawl Analysis in Bandar Abbas City, Iran

Table 4

Land use classes changes during studied time periods (hectares).

	Agricultural land	Barren land	Coastal zone	Marsh land	Military land	River	Rocky hills	Urban land
1956	155.62	2536.59	210.96	4.71	48.13	162.43	2097.24	403.77
1965	133.26	2232.09	192.82	6.45	49.42	153.86	2122.15	753.78
1975	49.94	2061.80	111.52	12.64	154.86	131.90	1834.29	1292.81
1987	115.35	541.45	111.33	16.64	337.93	122.59	1511.96	2914.64
2001	30.48	237.11	101.15	9.33	340.07	109.61	661.28	4182.88
2012	6.92	47.46	60.31	8.65	296.63	72.05	262.16	4959.59
Total change	−148.70	−2489.14	−150.66	+3.94	+248.50	−90.39	−1835.08	+4555.82