| This study investigates the poverty, environmental issues and the change of urban human activity spaces in Chinese mining cities since 1950s. Utilizing the existed literature includes chorography, statistical and map datum, the author firstly identifies the category of Chinese mining cities and its distribution characteristics. And then the author choose Liaoyuan city, a colliery city located in Northeast of China, as a fieldwork case to investigate the Chinese mining cities.; This study consists of three parts. The first part synthetically analyzes the general developing history, recent status and trends of the Chinese mining cities. Based on the part one, the second part presents a case study of Liaoyuan City. The author analyzes the actual problems of industrial stagnation, unemployment, poverty and environmental deterioration, as well as the change of human activity space caused by the problems presented above in detail. In the third part, the author especially pays attention to the affection of Danwei regulation. The author shows the affection of Danwei regulation to the industrial stagnation, unemployment, environmental pollution and the change of urban human activity spaces.; In conclusion, the mining cities have become one of the main problem regions in China. The local area's poverty, environmental issues are challenge subjects. Through the case study of Chinese mining cities, this study presents the urban sustainability in the process of Chinese economic developing. |
