NoonTalk@DIATI #31: Underground space as a resource for modern cities, examples from Finland
Speaker: Daniele Martinelli, RTDa at DIATI - Prof. Daniele Peila moderates the discussion
The constant growth of the population in urban areas, brought the cities to study new ways for developing their spaces. One of the most efficient solutions for modern and smart cities is to move services such as transport infrastructures, storages and industrial facilities underground, leaving residential and leisure areas on the surface. This strategy allows to expand the cities in a smart way, keeping the pleasant areas for activities related to the regular human life. In this context Finland is developing the urban areas with this philosophy, by recovering old industrial spaces which are moved underground.
Some good examples are given from Helsinki, where the city centre is “truck free”, as all the deliveries are carried out through service tunnels beneath the city, and from Turku, where the land just over a new wastewater treatment plant has been converted into a residential area.
In addition, Finland will be the first country in the world to confine nuclear spent fuel underground in a geological repository.
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