## 3 Results
### Accuracy of the Paramo Land Use Classification Algorithm and Future Land Use Prediction Model
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline
**CANTONS** & **COVERAGE** & **2000 (\%)** & **2010 (\%)** & **2020 (\%)** & **2030 (\%)** \\ \hline Alausi & Pr & 2.8 & 2.5 & 2.0 & 1.7 \\ \hline  & C & 0.0 & 0.1 & 0.3 & 1.7 \\ \hline  & Pz & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.5 & 0.7 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.0 & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.1 \\ \hline  & S & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.1 \\ \hline Chambo & Pr & 5.8 & 5.0 & 4.3 & 3.7 \\ \hline  & C & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.5 & 0.6 \\ \hline  & Pz & 0.3 & 0.9 & 1.3 & 1.7 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.0 & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.1 \\ \hline  & S & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.1 & 0.1 \\ \hline Colta & Pr & 9.3 & 8.1 & 7.2 & 6.0 \\ \hline  & C & 0.1 & 0.5 & 0.7 & 0.9 \\ \hline  & Pz & 0.2 & 0.9 & 1.6 & 1.2 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.1 & 0.1 \\ \hline  & S & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.2 \\ \hline Guamote & Pr & 25.8 & 23.7 & 22.1 & 19.0 \\ \hline  & C & 0.3 & 0.7 & 1.3 & 1.7 \\ \hline  & Pz & 1.5 & 3.0 & 4.0 & 6.0 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.2 \\ \hline  & S & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.3 & 0.3 \\ \hline  & Pz & 3.3 & 2.6 & 2.2 & 2.0 \\ \hline  & C & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.3 & 0.5 \\ \hline  & Pz & 0.2 & 0.7 & 0.9 & 2.1 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.1 \\ \hline  & S & 0.0 & 0.0 & 0.1 & 0.2 \\ \hline Penipe & Pr & 7.3 & 6.1 & 5.2 & 3.0 \\ \hline  & C & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.1 \\ \hline  & Pz & 0.3 & 1.1 & 1.8 & 2.0 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.1 & 0.1 \\ \hline  & S & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.6 & 1.0 \\ \hline Riobamba & Pr & 37.9 & 34.9 & 30.7 & 28.0 \\ \hline  & C & 0.9 & 1.4 & 2.6 & 4.4 \\ \hline  & Pz & 3.0 & 5.1 & 7.9 & 9.5 \\ \hline  & PF & 0.2 & 0.3 & 0.4 & 0.3 \\ \hline  & S & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.5 & 0.6 \\ \hline  & & 100 & 100 & 100 & 100 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 6: Land cover in the study area. Figure 8: Land Uses–(**a**) Riobamba 2000; (**b**) Riobamba 2010; (**c**) Riobamba 2020; (**d**) Riobamba 2030. Figure 9: Land Uses–(**a**) Guano 2000; (**b**) Guano 2010; (**c**) Guano 2020; (**d**) Guano 2030; (**e**) Colta 2000; (**f**) Colta 2010; (**g**) Colta 2020; (**h**) Colta 2030. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Land Uses** & **2000** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2000–2010**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2010**} \\ \hline  & **\%** & **Persistence \%** & **Gain\%** & **Loss \%** & **\%** \\ \hline Pr & 92.1 & 79.5 & 3.5 & 12.6 & 83.0 \\ \hline C & 1.6 & 0.6 & 3.0 & 1.0 & 3.6 \\ \hline Pr & 5.6 & 5.0 & 7.0 & 0.6 & 12.0 \\ \hline PF & 0.4 & 0.1 & 0.6 & 0.3 & 0.7 \\ \hline S & 0.3 & 0.1 & 0.6 & 0.3 & 0.7 \\ \hline \multicolumn{5}{c}{100} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{100} \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 7: Gains, losses, and persistence of land uses in the Chambo sub-basin 2000–2010. \begin{table}
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**Land Uses** & **2010** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2010–2020**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2020**} \\ \hline  & **\%** & **Persistence \%** & **Gain \%** & **Loss \%** & **\%** \\ \hline Pr & 83.0 & 63.9 & 10.1 & 19.1 & 74.0 \\ \hline C & 3.6 & 1.0 & 5.3 & 2.6 & 6.3 \\ \hline Gr & 12.0 & 7.0 & 10.8 & 5.0 & 17.9 \\ \hline PF & 0.7 & 0.2 & 0.7 & 0.5 & 0.9 \\ \hline S & 0.7 & 0.4 & 0.6 & 0.3 & 1.0 \\ \hline \multicolumn{5}{c}{100} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{100} \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 8: Gains, losses and persistence of land uses in the Chambo sub-basin 2010–2020. Figure 10: Land Uses—(**a**) Chambo 2000; (**b**) Chambo 2010; (**c**) Chambo 2020; (**d**) Chambo 2030; (**e**) Penipe 2000; (**f**) Penipe 2010; (**g**) Penipe 2020; (**h**) Penipe 2030. The transitions of the \(\dot{\rm{param}}\)o soils are directly related to the economic activities in the area. Although there is recovery of the \(\dot{\rm{param}}\)o soils, the loss of the ecosystem is notable. The degradation of the resource will increase in the future as long as the degradation trend continues.