Underground Space - The 4th Dimension of Metropolises, Three Volume Set +CD-ROM: Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2007 and 33rd ITA/AITES Annual General Assembly, Prague, May 2007 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415408075 ISBN 13: 9780415408073

Publisher: CRC Press, 2007

Synopsis

The so-called fourth dimension of a metropolis is the underground space beneath a city which typically includes structures such as tunnels, which facilitate transport and provide gas, water and other supplies. Underground space may also be utilised for living, working and recreational facilities and industrial storage. These volumes focus on underground city design and planning; geotechnical survey and improvement of ground mass;  and research, development and design of underground constructions in built-up areas.  Also covered is the construction and monitoring of urban tunnels, including underground constructions executed from the surface; distribution and management of risks and accidents during tunnelling; tunnel equipment; fire and operational safety.  This collection of papers will be invaluable to researchers, scientists, engineers and professionals working in the underground space.

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Synopsis:

The so-called fourth dimension of a metropolis is the underground space beneath a city which typically includes structures such as tunnels, which facilitate transport, as well as providing gas, water and other supplies. Underground space may also be utilised for living, working and recreational facilities and provide storage for industrial materials. "Underground Space - the 4th Dimension of Metropolises" focusses on underground city design and planning of subterranean constructions; geotechnical survey and improvement of ground mass; research, development and design of underground constructions in built-up areas; urban tunnelling, both conventional and mechanized, and its monitoring; underground constructions executed from the surface in built-up areas; concrete in underground construction; distribution and management of risks and accidents during tunnelling; tunnel equipment: fire and operational safety; and historical underground constructions. This collection of papers will be invaluable to researchers, scientists, engineers and professionals working in the underground space.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415408075
• ISBN 13: 9780415408073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 2064
• Editor: Hrdina Ivan, Romancov Georgij, Barták Jirí, Zlámal Jaromír