Land use and cover type | 1969 (ha) | (%) | 1989 (ha) | (%) | 2010 (ha) | (%) | Change computation (%) | |
1969-1989 | 1989-2010 | |||||||
Scrub | 213.6 | 1.9 | 154.1 | 1.37 | 69.8 | 0.62 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
Miscellaneous coastal vegetation | 325.7 | 2.9 | 161.3 | 1.44 | 52.2 | 0.46 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
Coastal bush | 23.3 | 0.21 | 53.6 | 0.47 | 582.2 | 5.18 | −6.5 | −46.9 |
Thickets with trees | 889.1 | 7.93 | 773.1 | 6.91 | - | - | 0.7 | 4.8 |
Forest | 855.6 | 7.63 | 644.5 | 5.76 | 635.8 | 5.65 | 1.2 | 0.06 |
Mangrove | 2072.2 | 18.48 | 1719.8 | 15.38 | 1872.9 | 16.66 | 0.9 | −0.4 |
Settlement with mixed cash crop | 2358.6 | 21.04 | 2611.1 | 23.35 | 2230.7 | 19.84 | −0.5 | 0.7 |
Residential plots | 179.3 | 1.59 | 189.8 | 1.69 | 159.5 | 1.41 | −0.3 | 0.8 |
Seasonal swamp | 1.4 | 0.01 | 1.7 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 0.02 | −1.1 | −1.7 |
Tide flats | 309.1 | 2.75 | 344.2 | 3.07 | 274.3 | 2.44 | −0.6 | 1.3 |
Mud flats | 141.6 | 1.26 | 174.7 | 1.56 | 59.1 | 0.52 | −1.2 | −3.2 |
Beach | 78.9 | 0.79 | 88.1 | 0.78 | 42.1 | 0.37 | −0.6 | 2.5 |
Water | 3759.5 | 33.54 | 3933.1 | 35.17 | 3981 | 35.43 | −0.2 | −0.01 |
Town | - | - | 239.6 | 2.14 | 252.7 | 2.24 | - | −0.3 |
Barren land | - | - | 92.7 | 0.82 | 353.1 | 3.14 | - | −13.4 |
Coastal bush with trees | - | - | - | - | 112.1 | 0.99 | - | - |
Settlement | - | - | - | - | 260.1 | 2.32 | - | - |
Hotel | - | - | - | - | 127.1 | 1.13 | - | - |
Private holiday house | - | - | - | - | 168.7 | 1.5 | - | - |
Total | 11,207.9 | 100 | 11,181.3 | 100 | 11,235.7 | 100 | - | - |