Assessment of Land Cover and Land Use Change Dynamics in Kibwezi Watershed, Kenya

Table 5

LULC change matrix for the period 1999–2009 by hectares.

	Class name	1999
		BA	C1	C2	C3	cS	cS1	oS	SG	WS	RW	Total
2009	BA	32										32
	C1		16911	78	140	10		27		94		17259
	C2		127	135		18				6		286
	C3		759		4658	217				24	62	5719
	cS	0	72		14	1		33		889		1010
	cS1		378		5		2611	1		169		3164
	oS		256		74	55	2	1285		4326		5998
	SG								55	10		65
	WS	2	994	9	922	713	345	2937	38	21998		27958
	Total	34	19498	221	5811	1014	2958	4283	94	27516	62	61490

LULC category codes: BA = built-up area; C1 = cropland (rainfed); C2 = cropland (irrigated); C3 = cropland (perennial); cS = crops-shrubs/trees; cS1 = closed shrubland; oS = open shrubland; SG = shrub grassland; WS = wooded shrubland; RW = riverine woodlands.