Situation and Prevention Measures of Geological Hazards in Baoji Area

Due to the complex geo-environment and the increasingly unreasonable human activities, geological hazards have frequently occurred in the Baoji area. Thus,the area has become one of the areas with severe geological hazards in Shaanxi province. 784 sites of geological hazards have been found in the area,which cause governmental and public attention. The study analyzes the present situation,the distribution characteristics and the causes for the geological hazards in the area. Furthermore,the study points out some problems for the hazards prevention. Finally,some suggestions for the geological hazard prevention are given. All these would be meaningful for the prevention and cure of the geological hazards in the aera.