Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics: Deriving Forces and Perceptions of Local Community in Derashe, Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

LULC change percentage and annual rate in the referenced periods; classification result 2022.

Percentage change (ha) in each period of time (ha)
LU class	1988–1998			1998–2010			2010–2019			1988–2019
	ha	%	rat	ha	%	rat	ha	%	rat	ha	%	rat
Set	493	47.01	49	298	19	25	1587	86.2	176	2380	227	77
Agr	2613	12.74	261	6393	28	533	5571	18.8	619	14578	71	470
Fo	4887	−41.15	−489	936	13	78	−3310	−41.7	−368	−7261	−61	−234
Bu	1851	5.15	185	−7478	−2	−623	−3984	−13.1	−443	−9611	−27	−310
Wa	−71	−11.9	−7	−149	−28	−12	136	36	15	−84	−14	−3

NB, Set: settlement, Agr: agriculture, Fo: forest, Bu: bush, Wa: water, and rat: rate.