Research on Policy and Management of Urban Underground Space Utilization

Abstract

As a kind of space resource, underground space plays an increasingly meaningful role in modern urban construction. The policy and management system of urban underground space utilization is an essential guarantee for underground space construction. This paper aims to sort out the policies and management of international underground space and put forward relevant suggestions for China's underground space management. China has made some achievements in the utilization and practice of underground space. However, there is still a gap between the utilization of underground space in China and the developed countries in terms of law and management. Canada, Japan, the United States, and Finland are selected in this paper as the research scope and specific cases in the four regions are taken as the research object. Combined with specific cases, the characteristics of the four regions in underground space utilization are analyzed from three aspects: planning, regulations and policies, management system. The problems in policies and governance of urban underground space utilization in China are compared and summarized. Finally, suggestions are made for the policy formulation and management system of urban underground space in China: 1. Adhere to the concept of planning first, and integrate underground space into the overall urban planning. 2. Formulate special legislation and auxiliary legislation to clarify the ownership of underground space. 3. Establish an authoritative and efficient management system and management organization.