Study on the Response of Ecological Capacity to Land-Use/Cover Change in Wuhan City: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Approach

Table 2

Changes of ecological capacity from 1990 to 2010 in Wuhan city (10⁴ ghm²).

LULC types	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Pasture	0.07 (0.0%)	0.07 (0.0%)	0.07 (0.0%)	0.07 (0.0%)	0.06 (0.0%)
Arable land	302.49 (59.1%)	296.58 (58.0%)	294.16 (57.3%)	287.12 (56.2%)	281.35 (55.3%)
Built-up land	15.71 (3.1%)	17.58 (3.4%)	18.75 (3.7%)	22.38 (4.4%)	25.83 (5.1%)
Forest	15.92 (3.1%)	15.79 (3.1%)	15.86 (3.1%)	15.72 (3.1%)	15.64 (3.1%)
Water area	177.80 (34.7%)	181.62 (35.5%)	184.19 (35.9%)	185.27 (36.3%)	185.47 (36.5%)
Unused land	0.0 (0.0%)	0.0 (0.0%)	0.0 (0.0%)	0.0 (0.0%)	0.0 (0.0%)
Biodiversity conservation 12%	61.44	61.40	61.56	61.27	61.00
Total	450.55	450.24	451.47	449.29	447.35
Per capita	0.67	0.63	0.60	0.56	0.53