Research On Transformative And Developing Model Of The Resource-based Town Of Yitang In Shanxi Province

The transformation and development of resource-based towns is a hot issue with a worldwide common concern. However, how tremendous number of towns can transform remains as an unsolved problem and requires further investigation. Researches in this area have just started in our country, therefore an integrated theoretical system and practical methods have not yet been established. The urgent demands of resource-based town transformations and the lag of related theories make the most of the transformations in resource-based towns a struggling problem.In this article, Yitang Town, which is located in Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province, was used in this research. The transformational and developmental model of the resource-based Yitang Town, with coal mining as the main resource, was studied in a targeted way, and the existing problems and causes of the development in Yitang Town was analyzed as well. It was summarized that Yitang Town is now facing transformation and it is a must to transform, in addition, the external macro-environment provides an opportunity for its transformation. Combined with current research results, the basic model of the transformation and development in resource-based towns was summarized in this article. Eight main factors which influence the choice of transformation model, naming the township condition, the industrial division of labor, external policy, leading resources and other available resources, urban construction and the level of economic development, social development and government decision-making power on two levels in Yitang Town was investigated. It was clarified that Yitang Town is a location conditional town, and the transformational and developmental model is the type of outreach and cohesion. This model has advantages to collaborate with surrounding towns by using regional benefits and to utilize all kinds of available resources sufficiently, which are both beneficial for sustainable development. On this basis, from the four aspects of economic restructuring, spatial structure, land use and social development, how Yitang Town achieve the transformation and development model of outreach and cohesion was focused and well investigated.This article is a preliminary study of the transformation and development model in Yi Tong Town, the operability and the implementation of the proposed mode and space reconstruction program reamains to be solved in further study.