Scientific measurement of urbanization level is of significance to industrialization, urbanization and harmonious development of economy and society. This paper uses 16 indicators to establish a synthetic measurement index system to evaluate Yulins urbanization level. It applies entropy to measure the synthetic development level of Yulins urbanization, and the development level of its subsystems of population, economy, society and space from 1990-2009. The results show a rising urbanization level, with variance in contribution of its subsystems. Economy subsystem has the highest score and increment, followed by space subsystem. The development of society and population subsystems is slow. The improvement of society subsystem is the key to Yulins urbanization and the slow development of population subsystem will influence the development of economy subsystem in the future.
Medical minerals are a part of non-traditional mineral resources. This paper studies the medical minerals from a view of industrial economy, lists the commonly-used medical minerals in categories, discusses the utilization, analyzes the issues in utilizing the medical minerals, and presents some approaches to the sustainable development.