Sustainable Conservation of the Coal Mining Town: Ombilin Sawahlunto West Sumatra Indonesia Context

Abstract

Sawahlunto is a small town located 116 km from the West Sumatra city of Padang. It was the second coal-mining town which was opened by the Netherlands after North Borneo. The discovery of this coal deposit interest to embed the Netherlands Colonial investment. At the end of the 19th century they initiated three major projects in West Sumatra. The third major project is the construction of Railway Infrastructure along the 155 km between Sawahlunto towards port in Padang city, the construction of the Teluk Bayur harbour and the construction of the mining town of Sawahlunto. The presence of the whole infrastructure has made a new history for the people of Indonesia at that time. Nevertheless the whole infrastructure is still survives and has been a witness to the struggle of the nation.Historical heritage attracts the Government town of Sawahlunto, observer preservation and historians. These stakeholders are then shared with the public the city declared to still preserve the historical heritage of this evidence. This commitment has resulted in the preservation of program implementation is running very well. So the whole infrastructure has in the mining town of conservation and is enabled to support government programs especially in the field of historical tourism and culture. This preservation program has been bearing the name of the town of Sawahlunto and has become one of the tourist destinations in West Sumatra. This success became a passion for the City Government to propose Sawahlunto being one to UNESCO World Heritage sites. As evidence of the extraordinary diusulukan of the Ombilin coal mine is a city with an infrastructure of railway and warehousing coal in Teluk Bayur Harbour.The methodology used is Qualitative Observation from a current state to make future development plans. The basic observation will be taken from the process of preservation that has been done before especially for the town of Sawahlunto. Because of the town of Sawahlunto as a pioneer against the initiative. This article aims to identify sustainable development plan for the development of the heritage site. This management plan will affect property and maintenance as well as the development of new functions as a historical and cultural tourism destinations. The study will be made in the form of a framework for the management of the world heritage site and development guidelines for the world heritage site. The end of the research will produce guidelines for sustainability development historic district and the world heritage site management plan.