Application of map and file information visualization system to comprehensive division of natural disasters

This paper generalizes the makeup and forming dynamic mechanism of natural disaster systems, principles and methods of comprehensive division of natural disasters, as well as structure, function and up-build routes of map and file information visualization system (MFIVS). Taking the Changjiang (Yangtze) Valley as an example, on the basis of revealing up the integrated mechanism on the formations of its natural disasters and its distributing law, thereafter, the paper relies on the MFIVS technique, adopts two top-down and bottom-up approaches to study a comprehensive division of natural disasters. It is relatively objective and precise that the required division results include three natural disaster sections and nine natural disaster sub-sections, which can not only provide a scientific basis for utilizing natural resources and controlling natural disaster and environmental degradation, but also be illuminated to a concise, practical and effective technique on comprehensive division. Foundation item: Under the auspices of President Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999). Biography: HU Bao-qing (1966 -), male, a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi Province, Ph. D. His main research interests include environmental geology, mountain study, earth system science and sustainable development.