Deep Shanghai project - A strategy of infrastructure integration for megacities

摘要

Urban Underground Infrastructures (UUI) are crucial for megacities that are suffering weak adaptabilities of environmental threats while facing fast economic growth from highly concentrated urban developments. Because of the urbanization and densification of cities globally, Metropolitan Authorities must prioritize the use of shallow and deep Urban Underground Space (UUS). Effective management of such space requires specifications of use for the varying levels within these. The specifications are defined as "Vertical zoning" (namely "Depth-scape"). This paper suggests a strategy for an economic development plan for Shanghai in China. Its specific focus is that of Deep Underground Space (DUS). The authors also suggest that this strategy may be transferable to other cities experiencing similar urbanization and densification, globally.