Human Resources in the Urban Environment of Citatah Mining Area, West Bandung Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

Citatah area of West Bandung Regency has several locations of mining site in West Java Province. The mining sites consist of limestone, marble, andesite and sand quarries. The long period of mining industry had been started since colonial era. Despite the environmental damages due to mining operation, there are still many people living in this area. The objective of this paper is to examine the available human resources around the study area to support its mining industry. Methodology in this study consists of human resources mapping to analyse its support for sustainable urban environment. Results show that around several quarries in the study area people have no longer interests to support the mining industry. Some communities have more attention to build the more sustainable idea of geotourism by creating historical site of Guha Pawon Cave and the beautiful Stone Garden in the study area. It can be concluded that there is awareness of community for the conservation ideas to support the sustainable urban development rather than mining industry.