[Objective] The purpose of this study was to analyze the flood susceptibility to land use type and mountain terrain condition in the upstream of Ganjiang River, and to provide theoretical support for the undertaking of non-engineering hazard mitigation efforts. [Methods] Based on GIS technology, data of land use types and Aster DEM were elicited from Landset images. Flood sensitivity was calculated in different slopes and land use types in a unit of small watershed. [Results] The construction of towns, farmland, and other artificial ecosystem components could increase floods disasters; whereas forests, shrub lands, grasslands and other natural ecosystems components could scale floods disasters down. The sensitivity of farmland and urban construction land in slopes over 25 degree significantly promoted the occurrence of floods disasters. [Conclusion] Disaster prevention and mitigation efforts should be carried out via ecological construction. The efforts should increase the coverage area of natural ecosystems. In addition, slopes more than 25 degrees are not suitable for development, where urban development and farmland reclamation were also not appropriate.