Resource exhausted cities face significant challenges in upgrading and transformation, and social innovation, as a new innovation model, plays an important role in urban transformation. This article is based on sociological innovation theory and takes resource exhausted cities as the research object to explore the impact and path of social innovation on urban transformation. Research has found that social innovation can introduce new concepts, technologies, and practices, promote the upgrading of urban economic structure and innovation capabilities, and promote urban transformation and upgrading. On this basis, this paper proposes the path of social innovation in urban transformation, including strengthening the construction of innovative culture, promoting industrial upgrading and transformation, cultivating innovative talents and organizations, and so on. The research results have guiding significance for the transformation and upgrading of resource exhausted cities.

Yongyan Zhao. Research on the Impact and Path of Social Innovation on the Transformation of Resource Exhausted Cities: Analysis Based on Sociological Innovation Theory. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 1: 30-35. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070105.

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