Table 4 Accuracy assessment results for 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020.

From: Analysis of land use land cover changes and population dynamics in Awash River Basin (ARB), Ethiopia using GIS and remote sensing

 

Urban area

Agricultural area

Deep water

Wetland

Forest cover

Bare land

Total

(user)

User accuracy (%)

1990

 Urban area

75

5

0

0

3

8

91

82

 Agricultural area

0

82

0

0

0

0

82

100

 Deep water

0

0

56

6

0

0

62

100

 Wetland

0

1

0

41

0

0

42

100

 Forest cover

0

0

0

0

92

2

94

97

 Bare land

0

0

1

0

0

48

49

100

 Total (producer)

75

88

57

47

95

58

420

98

 Producer accuracy (%)

100

93

98

87

97

83

  

 Overall accuracy (%) = 94%

Kappa coefficient = 0.92

 

2000

 Urban area

77

14

0

0

0

0

91

84.6

 Agricultural area

0

146

0

0

0

0

146

100

 Deep water

0

0

103

0

0

0

103

100

 Wetland

0

0

0

83

0

0

83

100

 Forest cover

0

0

0

0

87

0

87

100

 Bare land

0

0

0

0

0

90

90

100

 Total (producer)

77

160

103

83

87

90

600

 

 Producer accuracy (%)

100

91

100

100

100

100

  

 Overall accuracy (%) = 97.6%

Kappa coefficient = 0.97

  

2010

  

 Urban area

169

0

0

0

0

0

169

100

 Agricultural area

0

59

0

0

0

0

59

100

 Deep water

0

0

103

0

0

0

103

100

 Wetland

0

4

0

40

0

0

44

91

 Forest cover

0

0

0

0

74

0

74

100

 Bare land

0

0

0

0

0

61

61

100

 Total (producer)

169

59

103

40

74

61

510

 

 Producer accuracy (%)

100

100

100

100

100

100

  

 Overall accuracy (%) = 99%

Kappa coefficient = 0.99

   

2020

 Urban area

81

17

0

0

0

6

104

78

 Agricultural area

3

121

0

0

0

0

124

97.6

 Deep water

0

0

133

0

0

0

133

100

 Wetland

0

1

0

54

0

0

55

98

 Forest cover

0

0

0

0

102

1

103

99

 Bare land

0

0

0

0

0

180

180

100

 Total (producer)

84

139

133

54

102

187

699

 

 Producer accuracy (%)

96

87

100

100

100

96

  

 Overall accuracy (%) = 96%

Kappa coefficient = 0.95