Geological Disasters and Their Damage in Three Gorges Reservoir Area
WEN Hai-jia~1,ZHANG Yong-xing~1,LIU Yuan~
DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2004.01.002
Received ,Revised August 20, 2003, Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015
Volume ,2004,Pages 1-5
- Abstract
In this paper, the possible geological disasters in Three Gorges Reservoir Area are reviewed. Firstly, the types of geological disasters are classified and their influencing factors and growth characteristics are analyzed, then the damages, which have happened in this area up to now, are listed. On this basis, five aspects of dangers brought by geological disasters to society and economic environment are analyzed. Finally, a conclusion was drawn that the geological disasters in Three Gorges Reservoir Area have done some harms to this area and the situation becomes worse than before. So some reasonable measures should be taken quickly.