Abstract：During Wenchuan earthquake，earthquake damage effects which severely damaged towns mainly include fault dislocation effect，site and foundation effect，amplification effect of ground motion and geological hazard effect. Site selection problem involves with complex factors，such as earthquake faults，geological hazards，national well-being and the people's livelihood，economic development，and so on. It is a complicated system engineering. The basic principle of solving the problems is described as follows. For the towns located in earthquake fault zones and deteriorative geological environment with severe hidden trouble of geological hazard，they must be moved to other places；for the town without severe hidden trouble of geological hazard，damaged seriously but far away from earthquake fault zones，they should be in-situ reconstruction according to the principles of “scientific planning，norms avoidance，reasonable adjustment to the aseismic standards”. During reconstruction site selection，attention should be paid to potential geological hazards，multiplicity of inducing factors and long-term sustainability，and suitability evaluation on geological environment and risk assessment of geologic hazard should be strengthened.
李渝生，黄润秋. 5.12汶川大地震损毁城镇的震害效应与重建选址问题[J]. 岩石力学与工程学报, 2009, 28(07): 1370-1376.
LI Yusheng，HUANG Runqiu. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE EFFECTS OF TOWNS AND RECONSTRUCTION SITE SELECTION IN WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE ON MAY 12，2008. , 2009, 28(07): 1370-1376.
