Sustainable utility placement via Multi-Utility Tunnels

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-26

  Hunt, D V L ^a   Nash, D ^a   Rogers, C D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic modelling; Multi Utility Tunnels; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ECONOMIC MODELLING; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; REPAIR AND RENEWALS; SHORT TERM PLANNING;

REPAIR; URBAN PLANNING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EXCAVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUNNEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888070369     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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