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  New Challenges in the Use of Underground Space

  Utilization of the underground space has been linked with humans since the dawn of our species. Evidence of cave dwellings has been found in many countries all over the world during all stages of the humankind evolution. Mining for metals and minerals is almost as old as the humankind. The industrial revolution equipped us with new tools and technologies to challenge the subsurface and since then, underground works have been larger in size, deeper and more complex than ever before. Nowadays in the post-industrial societies, the issue of underground development has been put under a different perspective. The main questions that need to be answered concern the driving forces of the utilization of the underground space as well as the critical problems and obstacles that need to be overcome. The present paper attempts to provide an outline of underground de- velopment and to answer these questions. Furthermore, emphasis is given in the potential of co- operation among sister international organizations dealing with underground development, like ACUUS, ITA/ITACUS. Such cooperation can multiply the results of the separate actions without compromising the special character and focus of each of these organizations.

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