This paper aims to explore the challenges faced by resource-exhausted cities in terms of social structure, economic development, urban governance, and other aspects from the perspective of social change, and seek corresponding transformation and development paths. Firstly, by analyzing the impact of population mobility and changes in social structure on resource-exhausted cities, we will explore how to reasonably allocate resources and optimize urban functional layout to effectively respond to the challenges brought by changes in population structure. Secondly, in-depth research will be conducted on the impact of social changes on the economic structure, industrial layout, and enterprise development of resource-exhausted cities, exploring how to promote industrial upgrading, transformation, and upgrading, and promote the transformation of urban economy from traditional to modern, green, and intelligent directions. Finally, we will explore the impact of social change on urban governance and social management, as well as how to improve the urban social management system and build a more open, inclusive, and just urban social governance mechanism.

Yongyan Zhao. Research on the Transformation and Development of Resource-exhausted Cities from the Perspective of Social Change. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 14: 36-42. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.051406.

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