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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 465-470Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2014.959091
Keywords
resource-based cities; sustainable development; coordination; sustainability
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- National Natural Science Foundation Programs in China [71273260]
- National Science, 'Twelfth Five-Year' Plan National Technology Support Programs in China [2011BAC02B01-05]
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Resource-based cities (RBC) have made momentous contributions to urbanization in China. However, as natural resources are exhausted, RBC are facing an enormous challenge. In this paper we put forward a resource-based city sustainability index (RCSI) and a resource-based city coordination index (RCCI), including environmental, social, and economic dimensions, adopted three weight scenarios, and selected 13 cities for study. The results: (a) help locate the problems by analyzing both dimensions and indicators; (b) simulate the trends of how RBC emerged, grew, declined, and regenerated; (c) categorize RBC into four types by integrating RCSI and RCCI; (d) give policy makers a holistic and comprehensive perspective in the future urban regulation and management; and (e) highlight a road to sustainability.
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