Chapter 5: Policy building and urban planning
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Published:2018
Han Admiraal, BSc CivEng, MBA Enprodes Management Consultancy BV, Antonia Cornaro, BSocSc, MA Urban Planning Amberg Engineering AG, 2018. "Policy building and urban planning", Underground Spaces Unveiled: Planning and creating the cities of the future, Han Admiraal, BSc CivEng, MBA Enprodes Management Consultancy BV, Antonia Cornaro, BSocSc, MA Urban Planning Amberg Engineering AG
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Including underground space in spatial policy plans or other strategic plans is not something we see happening in the world on a large scale. The cause is not so much the disinterest of policy-makers, decision-makers or planners but more a lack of awareness and understanding. Demonstrating that underground space can play a role when it comes to developing policies in a wide range of fields could be one way of overcoming this.
The International Tunnelling Association Committee on Underground Space and the Associated Research Centers for Urban Underground Space (ITACUS and ACUUS – see Section 3.3.3) introduced the concept of underground space through a variety of activities that took place in Medellin, Colombia, during the United Nations (UN) World Urban Forum in 2014.
