Taking Huangshi as a case of resource-based city, this paper analyzes its origin in the early stage and describes the evolution of urban morphology from 1919 to 2009 by a 30 year period and then induces the various dynamics of the urban expansion. It is concluded that as a resource-based city, Huangshi city has its specific order of urban evolution and dynamic of urban development and spatial expansion, which are affected by the mine resource, geographical location as well as social and economic background in each period.