Reclamation of derelict land: transforming ex-quarry site into valuable open spaces at Kajang/ Mohamad Azuan Mohammad

Natural resources varies from one place to another, among these is natural stone or rock mainly used in construction and buildings work, it is noticed that a high percentage of these quarries are spreading randomly and in an unstructured or studied manner without taking into consideration the environment or the regulations of sustainable development, the quarries especially depleted ones have become an environmental threat to humans, animals and plants, they caused the natural shape of the earth to be distorted and deformed, which requires to find a solution to this issue really fast, conduct studies to enhance and reclaim these resources area properly and sustainably within a well thought out plan, while conserving the environment and the social and the economic development, establish a plan that aim to conserve and transform the ex-quarry site into a valuable open space by using landscape ecological approach and sustainable development principle. And that is what will be implemented throughout this paper, where a study case from Batu 10, Cheras City will be reviewed of the rehabilitation of an abandoned quarry and its natural area in Selangor city, by transforming it into a quarry park trails designed on the quarry's site, which aims to help and assist the local community and restore back the ambience of nature and environment at site study.