Abstract: Resource-based cities as a special type,the residential land development needs to consider its own attributes and characteristics.This paper describes the residential land development stage characteristics and problem of our resource-based city through the city type,quantity and spatial distribution characteristics,and analyses residential land development and utilization under the limitations,and puts forward four ways of residential land development and use,including "coordinated development of mines and cities","reconstruction and use of abandoned land","in-situ removal" and "concentrated development",which provide theoretical guidance and developmental ideas for development and use of residential land in a resource-based city.