A Probe into the Development and Utilization of Underground Space of New Towns in Beijing

Beijing is an international metropolis and its new towns bear the Junctions of relaxing the pressure of population and employment in its central city and bringing along the development of the surrounding areas. The recent large-scale planning and construction of the urban rail transit will improve the contact between new towns and central city. It has become a topic of great concern how to bring along the new towns through TOD (transit-oriented development) and particularly, how to construct a sound urban environment while maintaining the intensive development of the central areas of the new towns. By analyzing the opportunities and conditions for the development and utilization of the underground space of the new towns in Beijing, this paper probes into the possible patterns of the said development and utilization, and in combination with the case of the underground space planning of the comprehensive area in front of the station of Yizhuang New Town, it attempts to promote the comprehensive utilization and coordinated development of ground and underground space by developing and utilizing the underground space so as to provide a choice for the intensive, efficient and sound development of the new towns.