Award-winning title on the benefits, challenges and possibilities of urban underground spaces.The book gives a broad overview of the concept of underground space development investigating the issues that are associated with the sustainable development of urban underground space. This book shows the benefits, and world-class examples of underground space development and how that translates into sustainable urbanisation. Underground Spaces Unveiledapproaches all aspects of urban underground space and brings together both past and present insightsincludes worldwide case studies from the perspectives or a civil engineer and an urban planner, offering a multi-faceted approach to the considerations of underground space useplaces urban underground space within the context of climate change, city resilience and rapid urbanisationdiscusses the various claims to the subsurface including the use for space versus the use for energy. Written by an engineer and an urban planner ensuring a balanced view and wide appeal, the book is intended for civil engineers, urban planners, urban designers and architects as well as anyone involved with the future of urban development.