Table 4 Area (ha) and percentage of total land occupied by each LULC category for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2023.

From: Monitoring LULC dynamics and detecting transformation hotspots in sylhet, Bangladesh (2000–2023) using Google Earth Engine

Land cover

Area (ha)

Percentage (%) of total land (341790.97 ha)

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

2023

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

2023

Urban

15863.43

8937.19

67239.63

29323.06

50776.05

63100.29

4.64

2.61

19.67

8.58

14.86

18.46

Bare

36251.64

193652.42

152189.05

175423.64

155356.76

78304.89

10.61

56.66

44.53

51.32

45.45

22.91

Water

117046.61

55851.56

44533.33

49732.32

18938.26

26897.19

34.25

16.34

13.03

14.55

5.54

7.87

Vegetation

172629.3

83322.08

77828.97

87311.96

116719.91

173488.61

50.51

24.38

22.77

25.55

34.15

50.76

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