Urbanization, economic development, and environmental changes in transitional economies in the global south: a case of Yangon

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Land conversion matrix (km²) for Yangon for 1990–2000, 2000–2010, and 2010–2020

	Land use	Water	Green land	Farmland	Urban built-up land	Bare land	Total
		1990
2000	Water	38	87	88	7	0	220
	Green land	43	1777	474	27	1	2322
	Farmland	96	815	5694	10	0	6615
	Urban built-up land	15	29	128	117	0	289
	Bare land	0	2	1	0	0	3
	Total	193	2709	6385	161	1	9449
		2000
2010	Water	190	43	47	2	0	281
	Green land	9	2022	157	9	1	2198
	Farmland	19	245	6365	9	1	6640
	Urban built-up land	2	11	47	270	0	329
	Bare land	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Total	220	2321	6615	289	3	9449
		2010
2020	Water	153	12	195	3	0.0	363
	Green land	54	1518	168	14	0.4	1745
	Farmland	69	556	5949	18	0.2	6592
	Urban built-up land	5	112	328	294	0.0	739
	Bare land	0	0	0.2	0	0.2	0
	Total	281	2198	6640	329	1	9449

The number in each cell indicates how much (A) type of land in Year I (column heading) was converted to (B) type of land in Year II (row heading). For instance, of the cell (1990 Farmland, 2000 Urban land), the number is 128, which means 128 km² of land was converted from farmland to urban area from 1990 to 2000