Abstract:Predicting how current human activities will impact the future is a key concern in formulating sustainable development policies aimed at "preventing the degradation of ecosystem services and maintaining residents' well-being." This issue is especially urgent for coal resource-based cities. In this paper, taking Xintai city, a typical coal resource city as an example, by using a gray Markov model, land reclamation and utilization have been simulated and predicted by 2035. Based on the predictions, three scenarios are constructed: natural restoration, ecological protection, and economic growth. The estimated values of ecosystem services under these different scenarios are 9117136.6 ten thousand yuan, 935391.88 ten thousand yuan, and 862868.41 ten thousand yuan, while the residents well-being indices are 0.539, 0.543, and 0.528 respectively. The relationship between the two has been clarified. It is indicated that there are differences in ecosystem service values and residents well-being under different development scenarios, with the ecological protection scenario being the optimal model for achieving coordinated development of both. The findings are expected to provide scientific references for ecosystem management and land use planning decisions in coal resource-based cities from the perspective of sustainable and coordinated development of ecosystem services and residents well-being.