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Evaluation before revitalisation
According to the above characteristic
of post-mining locations that require
revitalisation every mine has a
different history of industrialisation
and mine expansion. Although, they all
seek remembrance and respectfor the
infrastructure and most importantly the
miners. Many of these locationsput
hope into the tourism industryto bring
back to life their piece of history.Some
of them may serve local communities
and build social cohesion filling in
their leisure time and developing new
skills.
Unfortunately, not all of them will be developed. Aznacollar Mines and
the surrounding area have been destroyed and the ground still
contains heavy metals which may affect plans of floralor
infrastructural development. The biggest difference is that Italian
mines have been closed a long time ago and since then no one took
care of the infrastructure whereasmines in Polandhave been shut
recently in the nineties.Poland faced a sudden crisis but was able to
act sooner than Italy and maintain the post-mining regions. This would
not be possiblewithout European Union programmes and support for
post-mining regionsin a crisis state.
With the support of the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. This document and its
contents reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible
for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.