Progress on the exploitation of urban underground space (UUS) in China

Abstract

With the rapid urbanization in China, the disasters and the problems related with the urban underground space (UUS) exploitation increase. As an inevitable choice for sustainable urban development, how to increase the efficiency of the underground space use and augment the resilience of the UUS are the main challenges today in China. In this study, the strategic demands of the sustainable urban development on the underground space exploitation in Chinese cities have been analyzed and discussed. The associated problems and difficulties on the underground space exploitation were discussed. Moreover, the possible solutions were also proposed.