Based on the traditional environmental factors of livability

hazard factors are introduced into theevaluation system of eco-environmental livability.The natural eco-environment livability is comprehensivelyevaluated for the upper reaches of the Minjiang River that is composed of six counties or five sub-basins.Besides

the layout of the settlements is briefly analyzed and the problems and countermeasures are pointedout.Results show that in the study region

the areas of the livability classesⅣandⅤaccount for 12.66% and 8.07%

and the livability classesⅡandⅠ，33.78% and 21.23%

respectively.Among the six counties

Dujiangyan City is the most livable place

whereas the environmental livability of Maoxian County is theworst.The Shouxi sub-basin is the best livable place

whereas eco-environment livability in the ZagunaoRiver basin is the poorest.On the whole

the eco-environmental livability is poor in the upper reaches of theMinjiang River and its residential layout is irrational.So the governments should strengthen the preventionand reduction of disasters in the inhospitable areas.