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

Table 7

LULC changes from 1999 to 2019.

Class name	1999		2009		2019		Change (1999–2019)		Annual rate of change (%)
	Area (ha)	Area (%)	Area (ha)	Area (%)	Area (ha)	Area (%)	Area (ha)	Area (%)	1999–2009	2009–2019
Built-up land	31.7	0.1	33.7	0.1	147.8	0.2	116.1	366.2	0.63	33.86
Cropland (rainfed)	17258.6	28.1	19498.0	31.7	18465.0	30.0	1206.4	7.0	1.30	−0.53
Cropland (irrigated)	285.6	0.5	221.2	0.4	255.8	0.4	−29.8	−10.4	−2.25	1.56
Cropland (perennial)	5719.3	9.3	5811.4	9.5	5674.5	9.2	−44.8	−0.8	0.16	−0.24
Crops-shrubs/trees	1010.0	1.6	1013.6	1.6	4616.5	7.5	3606.5	357.1	0.04	35.55
Closed shrublands	3164.2	5.1	2957.6	4.8	2200.9	3.6	−963.3	−30.4	−0.65	−2.56
Open shrublands	5997.9	9.8	4282.6	7.0	1574.9	2.6	−4423.0	−73.7	−2.86	−6.32
Shrub grasslands	65.1	0.1	93.6	0.2	424.8	0.7	359.7	552.5	4.38	35.38
Wooded shrublands	27957.8	45.5	27516.1	44.7	27780.6	45.2	−177.2	−0.6	−0.16	0.10
Riverine woodlands	—		62.4	0.1	349.2	0.6	—	—	—	45.96
Total	61490.2	100.0	61490.2	100.0	61490.2	100.0