Development of Land Use and Groundwater …
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Fig. 6 Land use classes in 1988
4.7 Land Use Change Detection from 1968 to 1988
During this period, a high increase was recorded in the built-up area and water bodies.
In fact, the built-up land increased in average 2.2 ha per year as shown in Table 4.
Meanwhile, the agricultural land increased slightly, annual rate of increase being
only 8.1 ha/year. However, it should be noted that this slow increase rate could be
due to the overestimation of agricultural land in 1968 as explained in Sect. 3.2.
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Fig. 6 Land use classes in 1988
4.7 Land Use Change Detection from 1968 to 1988
During this period, a high increase was recorded in the built-up area and water bodies.
In fact, the built-up land increased in average 2.2 ha per year as shown in Table 4.
Meanwhile, the agricultural land increased slightly, annual rate of increase being
only 8.1 ha/year. However, it should be noted that this slow increase rate could be
due to the overestimation of agricultural land in 1968 as explained in Sect. 3.2.