CONCLUSION When talking about the quality of life of residents in post-mining communities, there is a paradoxical phenomenon. The prosperity of an area will be reflected in the quality of life of its inhabitants. But while the mining industry was booming, the miners led a hard life. Many years later, when the industry began to decline, they still led a far less than satisfactory life. The development of the mining industry was perhaps in itself an industry of significant depletion, not only of non-renewable resources but also of this group of miners. Rehabilitation of the mining sites has another layer of meaning, not only the ecological implications.
Remediation In many post-industrial cities, when faced with “disturbed sites”, it is necessary for the human to recognize that these sites can never be brought back to the original state. What human beings eagerly seek is only a sustainable solution. So, understanding the concept of “sustainability” and “remediation” determines the future development of this place. Sustainable design is generally understood by three principles- ecological health, social justice, and economic prosperity. However, from what Meyer said, aesthetic values are also worthy of being considered in this agenda. But what is the aesthetic value of “disturbed sites”? It contains various layers. Firstly, those sites, although they show a damaged state, when acknowledging them as a point on a timeline, the negative comments will disappear. The current can be understood as a result of the past, but it can also be known as the start of the future. After the sites present for themselves, the intervention from human activities is also recorded. The formation of the sites fuses natural power and the human act. Remediation should be established on acknowledging them as a whole. As Tim said, “to perceive the landscape is, therefore, to carry out an act of remembrance, and remembering is not so much a matter of calling up an internal image, stored in mind, as of engaging perceptually with an environment that is itself pregnant with the past.” Secondly, human site-based expressions can also be a part of the aesthetic value. These expressions are not limited to one fixed form but can take many forms. The landscape can be present in these expressions as a substrate or as a medium. All these expressions can be called art. The value or superiority of art exists only in the art itself, which is closely linked to the sites but has nothing to do with the creators’ identity. For now, “Remediation “almost means to reverse the damage to the environment, but in the future, it might become a new context following the “Post-industrial “. When that time comes, the meaning of “Remediation” may also change, involving more human aspects.
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