UNDERGROUND FORECAST: HUMAN WAYS OUT OF AN URBANIZATION DILEMMA

Tunnelling has obvious connections with the urbanization process in the world. Tunnels and other subsurface constructions play an important part in supply plants which provide power, water and communications. Increasing density in the more developed urban areas demand increasing subsurface space for these activites and for storage and certain industrial processes. Where the urbanization is far developed--that is in the central business districts of big cities--the subsurface space is the saving possibility to guarantee the functions in the metropolitan area. The intention of this article is to propose a hypothesis for the future development of tunnelling in the world as a whole.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian Limited

  30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Jansson, B
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit; Subways; Tunnels; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054927
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Tunnels and Tunnelling
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1981 12:00AM