RESEARCH ON THE IDEAS AND CHALLENGES OF CREATING A WALKABLE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK BY UTILIZING UNDERGROUND SPACE

19th WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED RESEARCH CENTRES FOR THE URBAN UNDERGROUND SPACE, Belgrade, Serbia, November 4-7, 2025. (Paper No: 1.5.126,  pp. 63-68)

 

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Daisuke Fukumoto, Sadayasu Aono, Kentaro Hayashi, Takeshi Hirose, Kazuya Masuyama

 

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DOI:  10.46793/ACUUS2025.1.5.126

САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:

In recent years, urban development plans have been underway around the world to make it easier for pedestrians to get around by creating and networking walkable spaces that prioritize pedestrians. In such plans, there are many cases where underground space is effectively utilized. There are two types of underground utilization methods. The first method is to relocate functions for non-pedestrian transportation such as cars and trains underground and reorganize the above-ground area as a safe, secure, and comfortable walking space. The second method is to create an attractive underground walking space by taking advantage of the advantage of underground space, which is not easily affected by weather and temperature, and by addressing the problems of underground spaces where it is dark and where it is difficult to distinguish between locations. In this study, we focus on examples of effective use of underground space in forming walkable spatial networks, classify and analyze the characteristics of usage methods, and consider ideas and issues in urban development planning.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:

walkable pedestrian network, urban development

ПРОЈЕКАТ / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

This research is a representative summary of the research results of the „Urban Development and Collaboration Subcommittee“, a research organization of the Urban Underground Space Center of Japan (USJ). We would like to express our gratitude to the members of our research organization.

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