Table 2.

Total area for the 25 most common change classes of the 1997–2010 LULC change map, along with # samples drawn per class. See Supplemental Table 1 for comparable summary areas for all mapped LULC change classes.

LULC Change Class #	1997 LULC Class Description	2010 LULC Class Description	Total Area (km2)	% Total Area	Rank	Total Random Samples
11	Barren	Barren	1,071	0.2%	25	1
32	Permanent Crops	Urban/Developed	1,653	0.4%	23	1
33	Permanent Crops	Permanent Crops	130,540	28.9%	2	62
34	Permanent Crops	Shifting Cultivation	2,948	0.7%	20	1
35	Permanent Crops	Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous	15,668	3.5%	5	7
36	Permanent Crops	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	7,809	1.7%	9	4
37	Permanent Crops	Evergreen Forest	4,897	1.1%	15	2
38	Permanent Crops	Industrial Forest Plantation	1,543	0.3%	24	1
43	Shifting Cultivation	Permanent Crops	5,028	1.1%	14	2
44	Shifting Cultivation	Shifting Cultivation	2,675	0.6%	21	1
45	Shifting Cultivation	Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous	4,268	1.0%	16	2
46	Shifting Cultivation	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	7,129	1.6%	10	3
47	Shifting Cultivation	Evergreen Forest	5,295	1.2%	12	3
53	Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous	Permanent Crops	2,104	0.5%	22	1
56	Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	3,906	0.9%	18	2
63	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	Permanent Crops	10,373	2.3%	7	5
64	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	Shifting Cultivation	3,887	0.9%	19	2
65	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous	5,119	1.1%	13	2
66	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	22,882	5.1%	4	11
67	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	Evergreen Forest	3,956	0.9%	17	2
73	Evergreen Forest	Permanent Crops	6,099	1.4%	11	3
74	Evergreen Forest	Shifting Cultivation	8,412	1.9%	8	4
75	Evergreen Forest	Scrub/Shrub/Herbaceous	12,357	2.7%	6	6
76	Evergreen Forest	Deciduous Forest/Scrub	36,928	8.2%	3	18
77	Evergreen Forest	Evergreen Forest	138,738	30.7%	1	67
					Total	213