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<p>Resource-based cities play a vital role in underpinning national economic growth by supplying essential resources and energy. However, these cities face a range of complex challenges across industry, innovation, environmental protection, and ecosystem management—posing significant barriers to their sustainable transformation. Therefore, this paper intends to explore the dynamic pathways through which resource-based cities can achieve sustainable development. It begins with a comprehensive examination of the bottleneck problems that hinder sustainable development of resource-based cities. Then, an index system based on a dual perspective (the process-oriented perspective of the “Driver—Pressure—State—Impact—Response” (DPSIR) and the dimensional-oriented perspective of “Economy—Society—Environment”) is established to evaluate their sustainable development capacity and explore the mechanism of sustainable transformation for resource-based cities. Using Xuzhou as a case study, the paper analyzes its policies and practices during sustainable development and industrial transformation and upgrading. Finally, this paper constructs an in-depth framework of sustainable development for resource-based cities by incorporating the roles of multiple stakeholders, including governments, enterprises, and social organizations. Compared to previous studies, this paper innovatively elucidates the dynamic mechanism of sustainable transformation, and explores the productivity of environmental elements with a focus on sustainability, broadening the conceptual scope of sustainable development. The findings show that the fundamental barriers to sustainable development in resource-based cities stem from the Driver and Pressure systems, including a single industrial structure, institutional imperfections, and outdated development paradigms, and the innovation capacity emerges as the primary driving force of urban sustainability. Furthermore, local governments should play a guiding role throughout all stages of urban sustainable transformation and establish mechanisms for multi-stakeholder participation and cooperation to mobilize the initiative of diverse actors.</p>

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Sustainable development pathways of resource-based cities: the case of Xuzhou, China

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    2026年2月12日

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  • Jiaming Zhang,
  • Yunzhu Gui,
  • Peiming He,
  • Qingyun Tang

摘要

Resource-based cities play a vital role in underpinning national economic growth by supplying essential resources and energy. However, these cities face a range of complex challenges across industry, innovation, environmental protection, and ecosystem management—posing significant barriers to their sustainable transformation. Therefore, this paper intends to explore the dynamic pathways through which resource-based cities can achieve sustainable development. It begins with a comprehensive examination of the bottleneck problems that hinder sustainable development of resource-based cities. Then, an index system based on a dual perspective (the process-oriented perspective of the “Driver—Pressure—State—Impact—Response” (DPSIR) and the dimensional-oriented perspective of “Economy—Society—Environment”) is established to evaluate their sustainable development capacity and explore the mechanism of sustainable transformation for resource-based cities. Using Xuzhou as a case study, the paper analyzes its policies and practices during sustainable development and industrial transformation and upgrading. Finally, this paper constructs an in-depth framework of sustainable development for resource-based cities by incorporating the roles of multiple stakeholders, including governments, enterprises, and social organizations. Compared to previous studies, this paper innovatively elucidates the dynamic mechanism of sustainable transformation, and explores the productivity of environmental elements with a focus on sustainability, broadening the conceptual scope of sustainable development. The findings show that the fundamental barriers to sustainable development in resource-based cities stem from the Driver and Pressure systems, including a single industrial structure, institutional imperfections, and outdated development paradigms, and the innovation capacity emerges as the primary driving force of urban sustainability. Furthermore, local governments should play a guiding role throughout all stages of urban sustainable transformation and establish mechanisms for multi-stakeholder participation and cooperation to mobilize the initiative of diverse actors.