The Lushan hot springs district had already been designated one of two sites of "severely damaged national lands representing an immediate threat" in the draft National Land Planning Act. (The other was the Xiaolin Village destroyed by Typhoon Morakot.) It therefore had priority for restoration and could also, when necessary, be subjected to bans on land development or use, residency restrictions, and compulsory relocation.
日前，廬山溫泉區更與莫拉克風災中已慘遭滅村的小林村，並列為「國土計畫法」草案中的「國土破壞嚴重，有立即危險」的唯二地區，將優先進行復育，並在「必要時」得禁止開發、使用、限制居住或強制遷居。