Table 1 Land cover area of each cover type for the years 1999, 2006, and 2017, and the changes for each cover type from 1999 to 2017
| Â | Area | Change | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 2006 | 2017 | 1999–2017 | |||||
Area (km2) | Area (%) | Area (km2) | Area (%) | Area (km2) | Area (%) | Area (km2) | Area (%) | |
Water | 74.5 | 0.9 | 92.4 | 1.1 | 95.5 | 1.2 | 21.1 | 0.3 |
Natural vegetation | 4439.0 | 54.4 | 3830.7 | 47.0 | 3607.1 | 44.2 | − 831.8 | − 10.2 |
Agriculture | 2336.9 | 28.7 | 2691.8 | 33.0 | 2622.4 | 32.2 | 285.5 | 3.5 |
Built-up land | 989.8 | 12.1 | 1187.5 | 14.6 | 1598.6 | 19.6 | 608.8 | 7.5 |
Cleared land | 316.5 | 3.9 | 354.2 | 4.3 | 232.8 | 2.9 | − 83.7 | − 1.0 |