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Table 8 Land converted to settlement areas in South Korea

From: Construction of land-use change matrix and estimation of greenhouse gas inventory focusing on settlements in South Korea

Unit: ha (%)

Division

Land converted to settlements (A + B + C)

Forest converted to settlements (A)

Cropland converted to settlements (B)

Grassland converted to settlements (C)

Sampling area

Total area

(land conversion ratio)

Sampling area

Total area

(land conversion ratio)

Sampling area

Total area

(land conversion ratio)

Sampling area

Total area

(land conversion ratio)

Gangwon-do

1606.23

16,804.16

(21.52)

742.33

7766.11

(9.95)

498.24

5212.47

(6.68)

365.67

3825.57

(4.90)

Gyeonggi-do

4859.09

39,459.32

(19.61)

1972.12

16,015.03

(7.96)

1823.63

14,809.21

(7.36)

1063.34

8635.07

(4.29)

Gyeongsangnam-do

1427.73

15,172.30

(14.73)

548.26

5826.32

(5.65)

566.7

6022.25

(5.84)

312.77

3323.72

(3.23)

Gyeongsangbuk-do

2959.98

29,689.50

(25.06)

1084.14

10,874.28

(9.18)

1219.67

12,233.65

(10.33)

656.17

6581.57

(5.55)

Gwangju-si

400.85

3926.65

(24.65)

67.76

663.81

(4.17)

282.92

2771.48

(17.40)

50.16

491.36

(3.08)

Daegu-si

428.97

4381.20

(18.74)

81.70

834.38

(3.57)

249.25

2545.63

(10.89)

98.03

1001.19

(4.28)

Daejeon-si

240.56

2429.99

(15.89)

83.00

838.45

(5.48)

122.6

1238.45

(8.10)

34.95

353.09

(2.31)

Busan-si

509.79

5384.90

(19.41)

106.46

1124.52

(4.05)

248.38

2623.65

(9.45)

154.95

1636.72

(5.90)

Seoul-si

103.18

1017.12

(2.63)

41.15

405.62

(1.05)

51.85

511.12

(1.32)

10.18

100.38

(0.26)

Sejong-si

320.44

3194.43

(42.04)

160.96

1604.55

(21.12)

111.91

1115.58

(14.68)

47.58

474.31

(6.24)

Ulsan-si

510.31

5312.57

(27.14)

216.13

2250.03

(11.49)

207.17

2156.69

(11.02)

87.01

905.85

(4.63)

Incheon-si

249.12

2964.88

(7.94)

76.57

911.32

(2.44)

97.11

1155.73

(3.09)

75.44

897.83

(2.40)

Jeollanam-do

2109.82

23,245.55

(19.13)

423.47

4665.75

(3.84)

1164.00

12,824.73

(10.56)

522.34

5755.07

(4.74)

Jeollabuk-do

1004.15

10,317.00

(12.83)

275.72

2832.82

(3.52)

609.56

6262.86

(7.79)

118.87

1221.32

(1.52)

Chungcheongnam-do

2178.78

22,243.33

(22.70)

735.81

7511.95

(7.67)

935.77

9553.40

(9.75)

507.19

5177.99

(5.28)

Chungcheongbuk-do

916.85

9109.88

(13.39)

677.31

6729.84

(9.89)

46.68

463.83

(0.68)

192.85

1916.21

(2.82)

Jeju-si

810.13

8607.63

(31.52)

343.32

3647.78

(13.36)

273

2900.63

(10.62)

193.81

2059.22

(7.54)

Total

20,635.97

203,260.42

(18.79)

7636.21

74,502.57

(6.89)

8508.44

84,401.37

(7.80)

4491.32

44,356.48

(4.10)