Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Cities from the Ground Down
With cities worldwide facing pressures from rapid urbanization, climate change, and land scarcity, underground space has become a vital resource for sustainable and resilient urban development. Underground Space: Use, Planning and Design provides a comprehensive framework for planners, engineers, architects, and policymakers to understand and apply underground solutions and updates a landmark reference work on the topic. Combining many decades of research, practice, and global examples, this book offers authoritative guidance on how underground space can contribute to the creation of livable, future-ready cities.
Written by a team of experts from around the globe, Underground Space offers:
- An understanding of the many reasons why underground space is used and when to choose to build underground.
- Broad coverage of underground uses, from transport and urban utilities to underground architectural applications.
- Recent advances made in three-dimensional urban underground planning.
- Updated design approaches and human-centered considerations for the exterior and interior design, layout, lighting, and safety of underground spaces.
- In-depth exploration of sustainability, resilience, and adaptability issues.
- Insights from several decades of hands-on experience with modern underground designs.
Underground Space: Use, Planning and Design is an essential, up-to-date reference on the subject for architects, planners, and engineers in public agencies, private sectors, and research institutions. It is also valuable for use in courses on architectural design, urban planning, underground infrastructure, and infrastructure provision.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xix
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii
About the Companion Website xxv
1 Introduction to Underground Space Use 1
2 Decision Making for Underground Space 21
3 Sustainability and Resilience Issues 47
4 Underground Space Classifications and Configurations 69
5 Historical Development and Current Use of Underground Space 87
6 Planning Issues for Underground Space 133
7 Urban Underground Space Planning Tools and Case Examples 155
8 Project-Related Planning 179
9 Designing Underground Spaces – Toward a New Paradigm 203
10 Psychological and Physiological Effects in Underground Space 225
11 Exterior and Entrance Design 257
12 Layout and Spatial Configuration 281
13 Interior Design Elements and Systems 313
14 Lighting 341
15 Life Safety 365
16 Underground Construction Technology Development and Its Implications 391
17 Managing Underground Space Facilities 403
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms 417
Appendix B: Effect of Land Cost on Choice for Underground Space Use 423
Appendix C: Database Formats for Cataloging Underground Space Uses 429
Appendix D: Worldwide Examples of Underground Space Uses 435
Index 437
