Woodland Thrives, Grassland Declines: Policy Dominates Land Use Change in Chaohe River Basin.
The study looked at changes in land use in the Chaohe River basin from the late 1980s to 2005. They used GIS technology to analyze the data and identify the main factors driving these changes. The results showed that woodland was the main type of land in the basin, with significant increases in woodland and decreases in grassland over the study period. The researchers found that policies had the biggest impact on land use changes in the area.