Abstract
Yang, Y., Y. Fang, Y. Xu, and Y. Zhang. 2021. Assessment of urban resilience based on the transformation of resource-based cities: a case study of Panzhihua, China. Ecology and Society 26(2):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12280-260220
Highlights
Urban transformation of resource-based cities Transformation and sustainable development are important issues for resource-based cities (RBCs)
The results show that: (1) after undergoing urban transformation, changes in Panzhihua's resilience can be divided into three stages consisting of a slow rising period (2000-2005), a rapidly fluctuating rising period (2006-2010), and a stable development period (2011-2016)
Our study demonstrates that there is a high degree of correlation between the RBCs' life cycles and adaptation cycles
Summary
Urban transformation of resource-based cities Transformation and sustainable development are important issues for resource-based cities (RBCs). The stresses mainly include: monotonous industrial structure, insufficient capacity of technological innovation, gradually exhausted resources, insufficient impetus of sustainable economic development, increasing number of unemployed and poor people, social security is under great pressure, and environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious. These long-term stresses or sudden shocks make the RBCs’ urban system more fragile and less adaptable to shocks and changes. Many RBCs are applying urban transformation, a method in which an area’s economical, societal, and spatial characteristics are used to guide industrial restructuring, as well as to cultivate and expand alternative industries.
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