From Abandoned Tin Mine Opencast Site to Urban Regeneration
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Abstract
Over the past few decades, Malaysia's economic system has significantly changed from physical industrial production to services. As a reaction to this process, the productive function of Malaysia's opencast tin mining areas has become obsolete. Local governments have actively sought to address the problems posed by industrial development. This threatens to end their former productive, social, and economic role, and the communities to which they belong face severe environmental and socio-economic problems. The current reuse strategy for opencast mines is challenging, as mining destroys the original land structure and affects the local ecology. It also poses a considerable challenge to urban planners, natural resource managers, and policymakers. This paper presents the realisation and successful implementation of an open pit mine rehabilitation project (Mines Wellness City (MWC)) in Malaysia over the past 20 years. A comparative approach is used to systematically analyse the economics of property development around Equine Park in the same area as Mines Wellness City (MWC). The results found that the addition of the industrial context of Mines Wellness City (MWC) was a decisive factor in the local economic impact and the sustainability of urban regeneration compared to the normal development of Equine Park. The study discusses and demonstrates the relevance of the project's landscape restoration to the local economy and environment through questionnaires and (SWOT) analysis. This study explores the impacts and benefits of industrial land restoration projects and sustainable urban planning.
