Sustainable Development and Analysis of Tunnels and Underground Works
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 2040
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interaction between underground projects and stratum; shield tunnelling method
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: underground engineering; green materials; intelligent construction
Interests: underground engineering; grouting reinforcement; intelligent construction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the increasing demand for transportation and urbanization, tunnels and underground works are playing an ever more important role in infrastructure construction and, the thorough analysis and study of their sustainable development is necessary, including aspects such as environmental protection, economic benefits, and maintenance challenges. For example, in the construction of tunnels and underground works, full consideration must be given to impacts on the natural environment, and environmentally friendly materials and technologies must be selected. Secondly, the construction of tunnels and underground works requires huge financial investment, and a comprehensive assessment of the project’s costs is needed. Finally, due to the enormous quantity of tunnels and underground works at present, the proposal of new operation and maintenance technology based on concepts of sustainable development is also worthy of attention.
The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Sustainable Development and Analysis of Tunnels and Underground Works”, is to gather original fundamental and applied research related to the potential topics, which include, but are not limited to:
(1) Sustainable design methods for tunnels and underground works;
(2) Sustainable construction methods for tunnels and underground works;
(3) Sustainable detection techniques for tunnels and underground works;
(4) Sustainable and environmentally friendly materials for tunnels and underground works;
(5) Sustainable methods of risk management for tunnels and underground works;
(6) Sustainable measures of environmental protection for tunnels and underground works;
(7) Sustainable methods of cost and benefit evaluation for tunnels and underground works;
(8) Intelligence and information technology for tunnels and underground works;
(9) Resilient evaluation and improvement for tunnels and underground works;
(10) Intensive environmental challenges for tunnels and urban underground works.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yu Liang
Prof. Dr. Jian Zhang
Dr. Cong Zhang
Dr. Jun Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tunnels and underground works
- sustainable detection techniques
- risk management
- intelligence technology
- intelligent maintenance
- resilient evaluation
- resilient improvement
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