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Table 1 Land cover change within a 1 km range of Sihwa Lake from 2001 to 2014

From: Influence of land use change on the waterbird community of Sihwa Lake, Republic of Korea

Land cover types

Area

Changes in area (excl. Sihwa Lake)

Types

Sub-types

2001

2007

2009

2014

2001‒2014

km2

%

km2

%

km2

%

km2

%

km2

%

Water and wetland

 Water

Freshwater

1.2

0.5

2.5

1.0

54.6

21.1

67.5

26.1

66.3

25.6

Seawater

90.7

35.1

71.6

27.7

19.9

7.7

11.5

4.4

−79.2

−30.7

 Wetland

Inland wetland

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.2

1.7

0.6

62.0

23.9

62.0

23.9

Intertidal

85.4

33.0

87.5

33.8

85.1

32.9

6.9

2.7

−78.5

−30.3

 Subtotal

177.3

68.6

162.1

62.7

161.3

62.3

147.9

57.1

−29.4

−11.5

Land

 Grassland

Natural pasture

0.6

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.1

4.2

1.6

3.6

12.1

Artificial grassland

0.5

0.2

2.0

0.8

3.7

1.4

4.5

1.8

4.1

13.8

 Agricultural land

Rice paddy

22.7

8.8

24.7

9.6

27.5

10.6

28.5

11.0

5.8

19.5

Field

5.4

2.1

6.7

2.6

7.5

2.9

10.1

3.9

4.7

16.0

Orchard

5.2

2.0

5.4

2.1

3.0

1.1

5.9

2.3

0.7

2.3

Cultivation facility

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

Others

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

 Forest

Coniferous forest

7.5

2.9

8.1

3.1

6.0

2.3

7.1

2.7

−0.4

−1.4

Broadleaf forest

3.4

1.3

3.5

1.3

5.6

2.2

8.8

3.4

5.4

18.3

Mixed forest

9.5

3.7

10.3

4.0

11.0

4.3

3.2

1.2

−6.3

−21.5

 Barren land

Natural barren

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.2

6.1

2.4

6.1

20.6

Artificial barren

6.5

2.5

15.5

6.0

12.1

4.7

12.9

5.0

6.5

21.9

 Used area

Residential area

2.2

0.8

3.6

1.4

4.3

1.7

1.9

0.7

−0.3

−1.0

Industrial area

8.4

3.2

8.3

3.2

8.1

3.1

8.3

3.2

−0.0

−0.0

Commercial area

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.7

0.3

0.4

1.3

Leisure area

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.4

Public institution

4.4

1.7

2.4

0.9

1.3

0.5

2.4

0.9

−2.1

−7.0

Traffic facility

4.6

1.8

4.8

1.9

5.2

2.0

5.8

2.3

1.2

4.2

 Subtotal

81.3

31.3

96.6

37.4

97.4

37.6

110.7

42.8

29.4

11.5

Total

258.7

100.0

258.7

100.0

258.7

100.0

258.7

100.0