Area (%)
Year
100%
Water
Barren land
Forest land
Vegetated area
High-density urban area
Low-density urban area
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Fig. 4.8 LULC dynamic change from 1984 to 2013
Table 4.6 Percentage of each class in municipality area for each year
Class Water
(%)
Forest
land (%)
Vegetated
area (%)
Low-density
urban area (%)
High-density
urban area (%)
Barren
land (%)
Year
1984 2.14
14.37
52.44
24.71
5.32
1.03
1985 1.75
13.06
52.09
24.42
5.79
2.88
1986 2.09
8.99
54.67
25.31
5.82
3.09
1987 1.84
12.02
49.79
25.35
5.98
5.03
1989 1.97
12.21
47.22
28.01
5.92
4.67
1990 1.89
13.71
45.95
28.09
6.74
3.64
1991 1.83
14.58
42.34
29.59
6.56
5.07
1992 2.22
14.31
41.21
30.97
6.03
5.21
1993 1.83
18.88
36.93
29.20
7.56
5.58
1994 1.78
22.83
33.99
31.26
8.09
2.03
1995 1.93
15.74
37.56
33.27
8.31
3.19
1996 2.03
18.65
36.83
31.11
8.61
2.77
1997 1.92
11.65
42.01
32.09
8.80
3.50
1998 2.18
17.57
32.41
34.17
8.64
5.04
1999 1.74
19.41
34.29
33.07
8.63
2.85
2000 1.79
19.97
30.43
35.21
8.87
3.70
2001 1.82
17.43
26.70
37.71
8.99
7.32
2002 1.82
17.31
28.92
39.14
9.19
3.62
2003 1.99
16.53
29.92
38.49
9.43
3.62
2005 2.01
17.28
26.51
41.83
9.51
2.83
2006 1.90
18.39
24.85
41.39
10.15
3.29
2007 2.35
10.53
32.72
40.91
10.50
2.98
2008 2.09
15.16
27.77
41.49
10.90
2.55
2009 2.25
13.03
29.49
42.55
11.03
1.63
2010 2.06
12.31
30.14
42.48
11.27
1.73
2011 2.32
13.25
28.44
43.89
11.32
0.78
2013 2.19
14.50
26.80
44.37
11.29
0.98
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