Author(s)

Pei Zhang

GSST, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, Japan.

Underground street refers to a street built under a busy business district or a crowding center in a city, providing underground sidewalks for urban residents, opening shops and arranging various service facilities on both sides. Starting with the definition of urban underground street, this paper analyses the origin, classification, composition, development value and future trend of underground street, and holds that reasonable proportion should be maintained in the area of each component of underground street. The main development value of underground street lies in saving land and alleviating traffic pressure. 3D, urban complex, humanistic design and tourist attractions are future development trends of urban underground Street.

Underground Street, Value, Trend, Recreation

Zhang, P. (2019) Development Value and Future Trend of Urban Underground Street. Current Urban Studies, 7, 20-34. doi: 10.4236/cus.2019.71002.