Table 1.
Description of LULC classes used to generate change map. Example field photos of these LULC classes can be found in Spruce et al., (2018).
| LULC Class | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barren | BA | Barren areas that are not developed, including rock outcrops (e.g., bare karst topography) |
| Urban/Developed | URB | Urbanized and other developed areas mostly with predominantly bare inert surfaces (e.g., pavement and cement). |
| Permanent Crops | PC | Current agricultural areas with intensively managed crops on long term basis for commercial purposes (e.g., irrigated and rainfed rice, annual row crops, and pastures). |
| Shifting Cultivation | SC | Current agricultural areas managed on a rotational basis in which crops are grown temporarily for a few years and then allowed to be in fallow or forested state until the site has sufficiently recovered for a new cropping cycle. |
| Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous | SSH | Mixture of low woody (e.g., forest regeneration) and non-woody vegetation that is typically transitional in nature, occurring after agricultural abandonment or forest harvesting. |
| Deciduous Forest/Scrub | DFS | Deciduous broadleaved forest and/or scrub that can have variable canopy closure and degrees of deciduousness. |
| Evergreen Forest | EGF | Evergreen forest that is primarily composed of broadleaved tree species and typically has closed canopies. |
| Industrial Forest Plantation | IFP | Industrial forest plantations that include rubber tree plantations. |
| Wetland Cover | WET | Wetland areas with woody and/or non-woody vegetation that is not used for agriculture. |