Shahrood University of Technology Journal of Mining and Environment 2251-8592 17 1 2026 01 01 Revitalizing Mining Landscapes as Geoheritage Tourism Assets: Comparative Insights from Jharkhand and Rajasthan, India 169 217 3528 10.22044/jme.2025.16168.3123 EN Aditi Nag Department of Architecture and Design, Faculty of Science, Technology and Architecture, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303007 – India 0000-0002-0604-6945 Journal Article 2025 05 03 India's mining heritage sites (MHSs) represent underdeveloped tourist avenues for culture conservation and community upliftment. This study undertakes a dual-site comparison depending on a mixed-methods approach combining perception surveys of visitors, satellite image analysis, and statistical techniques involving t-tests, chi-square analysis, and hierarchical clustering, for Dhori Mines (Jharkhand) and Barr Conglomerate (Rajasthan). Results starkly reveal contrasts: while Barr confirms ecological recovery and community integration, Dhori suffers due to infrastructure and interpretive constraints. Other strategies include AI-powered heritage interpretation and visitor segmentation to improve site competitiveness. It emerges from the findings that data-oriented landscape and tourism planning coupled with local participation can sustain and promote post-mining landscapes effectively. https://jme.shahroodut.ac.ir/article_3528_9e0cd9d5174846b1daa27ea502cf63ae.pdf