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Modern urban tunnelling – Responding to social needs
Author(s) -
Zeidler Kurt,
Gall Vojtech
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
geomechanics and tunnelling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1865-7389
pISSN - 1865-7362
DOI - 10.1002/geot.201900034
Subject(s) - bespoke , realisation , work (physics) , scale (ratio) , settlement (finance) , environmental planning , business , transport engineering , engineering , environmental science , geography , mechanical engineering , cartography , finance , quantum mechanics , advertising , payment , physics
Urban Tunnelling requires handling of a wide range of ground conditions and multiple challenges generated by work access constraints, settlement sensitive structures, as well as testing socio economic needs such as limitations to noise and dust emissions as well as impact on traffic. Such projects and their bespoke technical solutions come at a price. The realisation of large‐scale urban infrastructure projects is often accompanied by intensive discussions about the cost in support of the social need for such projects. This article provides socio‐economic reasoning for major urban infrastructure projects and insight in selected technical solutions that are required to realise these projects in urban settings.