Abstract:The aim of the work presented in this short note is to collect and complete an existing dataset of Piedmont mining heritage and suggest a network of potential sites to be valorised in terms of touristic and didactic uses. Firstly, all known abandoned quarry and mine sites were analysed and represented using GIS. Based on this data, several criteria were taken into account to select pilot sites of interest to create the touristic network: the representativeness of the exploited materials in social and economic … Show more
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