A sustainable development strategy for mining industries in Citatah karst area in Bandung Basin

Abstract

Citatah karst area is located in the western margin of Bandung Basin, as the only mining area within the basin. However, the pressure from environmentalists to preserve the karst area and change the use of land to become a conservation area or geopark is very high. The study aims to define the strategy to manage karst land in urbanizing areas to support sustainable development. The method of study includes policy and stakeholder analyses. Further analysis will be based on Spatial Multi Criteria Evaluation to apply land suitability analysis to seek the possibility of the Citatah karst area as geotourism and mine tourism. Karst area is an environmental complex system. Broad research to understand human-altered karst landscapes, karst ecosystems, karst disturbance, karst hydrology and also to manage karst lands in urbanizing areas in sustainable manners are needed. The provincial government agency has a master plan to develop the Citatah karst areas like agriculture, tourism, home industry, etc. The research result will support the plan on how to develop an assessment of the geosite and mining site present in Citatah karst area using multi criteria evaluation.