Abstract
In this paper, the ecological footprint model is used to analyze the ecological carrying capacity of resource-based cities, and the ecological profit and loss state is calculated to evaluate their sustainable development ability. Taking Zigong City of Sichuan Province as an example, Research has shown that the ecological carrying capacity of Zigong City has been increasing year by year from 2006 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2021. There was a sharp decline from 2013 to 2014. The ecological and economic diversity index and the development capacity of the ecological and economic system showed an upward trend from 2006 to 2021. However, from 2006 to 2020, the ecological sustainable development index of Zigong City was below 0.2, indicating a serious unsustainable state. In 2021, it was in a moderately unsustainable state. According to the protection of cultivated land resources, forest resources, grassland resources, water resources, energy utilization and building land involved in Zigong City's sustainable development ability, the corresponding suggestions are put forward.Considering the economic, environmental and social aspects, this paper propose a path for sustainable development ability of resource-based cities.