The Impact of the Industrial Restructuring on the Environment in the Resource-Based City: A Case Study of Daqing

The environmental problem is one of the major problems inhibiting the development and structure transformation of the economy in the resource-based city. The resource-based city depends on the resource-based industry for a long time, so when they face the difficulties, for example resource exhausting and environmental pollution, which don’t adapt to the development of the economy and society, it is important to adjust and upgrade the industrial structure. In this paper, the econometric time series analysis method was used to investigate the relationship between the industrial structure restructuring and the environmental factors of the discharge amount of the wastewater, waste gas, SO2, smoke, dust, and solid waste in a typical resource-based city, Daqing. Results showed the impact of the industrial structure restructuring on the environmental parameters, and suggested that the resource-based city like Daqing should realize the industrial restructuring and economic transformation under the constrains of both resources and environment.