Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Implication On Natural Resources of the Dedo Watershed, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Land use land covers change (1984–2017) and their rate of change.

LULC class	Land use land cover area coverage						Land use land cover change
	1984		2000		2017		1984–2000	2000–2017	1984–2017
	Hectare	%	Hectare	%	Hectare	%	Hectare	Hectare	Hectare
Cultivation land	21913.56	21.4	28925.48	28.22	37991.28	37.1	+7011.92	+9065.8	+16077.72
Grazing land	18050.58	17.6	17097.78	16.68	16151	15.72	−952.8	−946.78	−1899.58
Settlement	380.21	0.37	560.86	0.55	729.18	0.71	+180.65	+168.58	+348.97
Dense forest	23046.23	22.48	18395.3	17.95	13605	13.27	−4650.93	−4790.3	−9441.23
Light vegetation	39109.42	38.15	37520.58	36.6	34023.54	33.2	−1588.84	−3497.04	−5085.88
Total	102500	100	102500	100	102500	100