EXPLORATION FOR UPGRADING OF URBAN UNDERGROUND SPACE PLAN IN CHINA: UNDERGROUND PLAN

19th WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED RESEARCH CENTRES FOR THE URBAN UNDERGROUND SPACE, Belgrade, Serbia, November 4-7, 2025. (Paper No: 1.2.122,  pp.26-38)

 

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Haoyu Wang, Dongjun Guo, Xingxing Zhao, Jun Huang, Yanhua Wu, Yulu Chen

 

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DOI:  10.46793/ACUUS2025.1.2.122

САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:

Multiple major resources exist below the ground: space, water, geothermal energy, geomaterials and so on. While the necessity of using multiple underground resources (MURs) has been extensively studied. However, most Chinese cities develop the underground space plan lacking examinations assessing the interaction relationship of MURs, which hinders the policy making and planning formulation of MURs synergistic utilization. It is proposed that the urban underground space plan should be upgraded to plan MURs, that is to say underground plan. The need for the transformation and upgrading of underground space plan in China is discussed, and the types and systems of underground space plan and its related plan are analyzed. Finally, the orientation and the major components of future underground plan are put forward. This research work provides a sound understanding of MURs synergistic utilization mechanism, which is supposed to be conducive to the sustainable utilization of MURs and the formulation of MURs plan.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:

Urban underground space plan, Underground plan, Upgrading, Multiple underground resources

ПРОЈЕКАТ / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

The authors wish to acknowledge the sponsorship from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) [grant numbers 52378083] and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [grant number BK20231488].

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