Wulong county is one of the areas greatly suffered from geological disasters in Chongqing city. Landslides

rock falls

ground subsidences and ground fissures take place frequently and causes a lot of economic loss and casualties

furthermore the sustainable development of society and economy is restrained in Wulong. Character of geological disasters in Wulong are analyzed based on a great deal of field investigation. Also according to the forming mechanism of geological disasters of land slide

rainfall

the property of rock and mankind activities

the cause and mechanism of the gological disasters are discussed in this paper. Based on statistical data

the principle of geological disasters control and corresponding countermeasures are put forward in order to reduce the loss of geological disasters.