Problems Facing Sustainable Development of Liaoning's Cities and Towns and Countermeasures.

There are some cities and towns in Liaoning Province with rich resources, strong development strength, and improved capacity in ecological environment building, but the local economic development is not balanced, and the main economic growth lies in cities. Some factors restrain the sustainable development of cities and towns in Liaoning Province, such as the accelerating trend in urbanization, the rapid consumption of resources, pollution caused by the seaside cities, and the differences between cities and rural area caused by the bi-polar system. To promote the sustainable development of cities and towns in Liaoning Province, it is important to adjust and optimize industrial structure, to balance the development of both cities and rural areas, and to build multi-polar system for environmental protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]