Urban Underground Space Design

Author: Grani
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is an excellent reference for urban planners, city designers, architects, engineers, developers, and city legislators. It is a specialized work in this category of books. The book discusses feasible methods for utilizing underground space as a supplement to existing above-ground cities or newly built towns. It comprehensively examines examples of underground space development in Europe, America, Australia, Africa, Asia (China and Japan), etc., with the aim of promoting large-scale utilization of underground space as a solution to urban expansion and forming a holistic and comprehensive concept for the future development of underground cities. While elaborating on the feasibility of underground space utilization, the book also emphasizes integrating traditional above-ground cities with new underground cities and considers numerous other aspects in underground city space design, including technical design, daylighting, ventilation, transportation, living, logistics systems, communication, health, as well as social, economic, safety, and insurance factors.