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In order to protect the assets of mankind, the United Nations proposed the protection of World Heritage. This concept originated in 1972, when UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) implemented the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Convention. Progressively, the classification of World Heritage extending from the basic Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage, and Mixed Properties (Mixed Cultural and Natural Heritage) to include Cultural Landscapes in 1992, and the Nizhny Tagil Charter defined Industrial Heritage in 2003.
At present, the preservation of cultural assets in the Republic of China follows the international World Heritage standards for operation, so the Ministry of Culture has also proposed 18 potential World Heritage Sites according to the World Heritage criteria. Of which, three potential sites meet the Cultural Landscape standards—Shuei-Jin-Jiou Mining sites, Alishan Forest Railway, Wu-Shan -Tou Reservoir and Jianan Irrigatoin waterways. In fact, these three potential sites also possess the characteristics of industrial heritage, but it is primarily based on the concept of cultural landscape for potential nomination, which shows that the current assessment for domestic industrial heritage is a limited approach.
Therefore, this study will develop an industrial heritage assessment framework, using the Shuei-Jin-Jiou Mining settlement, one of the 18 potential sites which has both cultural and industrial heritage, as a research subject for value assessment. The methods used in this study are literature review, fieldwork, comprehensive analysis, and map analysis. Firstly, the theoretical basis for value assessment is obtained from literature, which then developed as a basis for the design of the assessment framework, and finally, the Shuei-Jin-Jiou Mining site is used as a case study to present Industry Heritage values.
This study suggests that Cultural Landscape and Industrial Heritage has relevance, using the Taiwanese Cultural Landscape Heritage’s Four Registry Policies as basis for the assessment framework of Industrial Heritage, the final results of the assessment of Jinguashi and Shuinantung show that it contains much relics of the mining industry, and these relics are the most representative in the discussion of Jinguashi and Shuinantung’s industrial heritage value.
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