Impacts of land use/land cover and climate changes on soil erosion in Muga watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin (Abay), Ethiopia

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Factors and constraints considered and their weights for predicting LULC conditions in Muga watershed

Land use types	Factors	Factor weight	Consistency	Constraint and classes considered
Cultivated land	Suitable areas for conversion to cultivation	0.420	0.04	Slope (> 15 to 58°)
	Proximity to developed land	0.269
	Distance to rivers	0.109
	Elevation	0.201
Shrub-bushland	Suitable areas for conversion to shrub-bushland	0.328	0.01	Slope (None)
	Proximate to developed land	0.396
	Elevation	0.206
Grassland	Suitable areas for conversion to grassland	0.110	0.03	Slope (None)
	Proximate to developed land	0.582
	Elevation	0.309
Forest	Suitable areas for conversion to forest	0.425	0.04	Slope (None)
	Proximate to developed land	0.213	0.04
	Elevation	0.080
Urban area	Suitable areas for conversion to urban	0.160	0.01	Slope (> 13 to 58°)
	Proximate to developed land	0.166
	Distance to urban	0.417
	Distance to roads	0.160
	Elevation	0.090