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General Introduction: what can post-mining territories tell us about our contemporary society
Part 1. The Nord and Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin, emblem of a post-mining territory in projects Introduction: The Nord and Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin, projects in an emblematic post-mining territory 1. Loos-en-Gohelle, a resilient town 2. The mining vine, a source of projects for the Nord Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin, UNESCO World Heritage Site 3. From extractivism to acclimatisation: post-extractivist mining renovations in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin 4. Light-touch retrofitting, earth, and textile 5. An architectural permanence to fight against energy poverty 6. The electrician's town Part 1 Conclusion
Part 2. Architectural and social heritage in Europe Part 2 Introduction: architectural and social heritage in Europe 7. Spatial strategy process 2038+ in Rhenish Mining District and the consideration of the intangible cultural heritage 8. Repairing and caretaking or managing and curating: how to build a "milieu" in the post-mining region of Saint-Étienne (France)? 9. Working-class neighbourhoods as a resource: reconnecting form, use, and meaning for an inclusive transition. Immersion in a post-mining territory 10. Post-mining in a post-socialist context. Planeta Petrila, a long-term bottom-up strategy for a post-mining city and area. 11. Geographical and cultural limitations in the post-mining development strategy, case study from the Jiu Valley coal Basin, Romania 12. Charleroi: landscape "as found" - mapping as a tool for visioning Part 2 Conclusion
Part 3. Transformations of the great American landscapes Part 3 Introduction 13. Ecological restoration infrastructure at the Copiapó's river in a degraded post-mining landscape in Tierra Amarilla (Chile) 14. Brazilian post-mining context: the case of Minas Gerais region 15. The somewhere project Part 3 Conclusion
Part 4. Prologue: mining stories Part 4 Introduction 16. Materials and territory 17. Redescribing mining territories: literature, fragments, elements
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Post-Mining Network is an organisation that brings together people and institutions from the world of architecture and urban planning from over 25 countries. It was founded by the 'Acclimatize post-mining territories' chair created by Bétrice Mariolle, professor at the Ecole nationale supéieure d'architecture et de paysage de Lille and researcher at IPRAUS.
