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Associated research Centers for Urban
Underground Space |
ACUUS is an international, non-governmental
organization dedicated to partnerships amongst experts who design,
analyse and decide upon the use of our cities' underground spaces. |
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Creation
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suggested in
1992 at 5th International Conference in Delft and took form in
Paris, within the 6th International Conference "Underground Space and
Urban Planning". ACUUS was formally established in the fall of 1996 at
Sendai, Japan, when founding members from Canada, France, Japan and the
United States agreed to incorporate the new international organization
in Canada. The ACUUS secretariat has been inaugurated in October 1997
in Montreal, at the end of the 7th International Conference
"Underground Space: Indoor Cities of Tomorrow" and is now kindly hosted
by the Institut d’urbanisme of the University of Montreal. In
2009, the Secretariat may move to Beijing futher to a positive
decision of the Chinese government, as proposed at the Athens'
Assembly of members. The new Secretariat will then be supported by the China Civil
Engineering
Society, the Chinese Society of for Rock
Mechanics and Engineering, and the Urban Planning Society of China. |
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Mission
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The ACUUS is an international
non-governmental
association actively promoting partnerships amongst all actors in the
field of planning, management, research and uses of urban underground
space. The ACUUS strives to bind these public, private and universitary
levels into a cohesive network of mutual cooperation for the benefit of
all parties involved.
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Objectives
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To facilitate the exchanges between
the
clientele and the expert knowledge worldwide in regard to the study of
costs, potentialities and techniques of expansion in the urban
underground; |
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To raise the awareness of the private
sector,
the governments at all levels and the general public on the specific
issues related to the sustainable use of the urban underground; |
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To provide support and services to
members of
national organizations and research centers conducting similar
activities in view of enhancing their relations and international
radiance. |
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Activities of ACUUS
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Coordination, planning and /or
organization
of international events: biennial conferences, exhibitions,
competitions and others; |
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Organization of academic and
professional exchange on the issues of the urban underground; |
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Consultation on the issues of urban
underground development and identification of critical issues of local,
urban and regional importance and appropriate solutions; |
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Support to the initiatives aiming at
expanding and enhancing the public use of the urban indoor and
underground networks (tourism, community gatherings sports, or others);
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Promotion of strategies and actions
for the integrated planning and management of the urban underground
space; |
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Support to members and associated
organizations in the developing countries. |
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- Mr. Ray Sterling, President (U.S.A.)
- Mr. Dimitris C. Kaliampakos, Vice-president (Greece)
- Mr. Yuan Si, Secretary General (China)
- Mr. Takeshi
Kurokawa, Director (Japan)
- Mr. Evasio
Lavagno, Director (Italy)
- Mr. Qian Qihu, Director (China)
- Mr. Michel Boisvert, Director (Canada)
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- Mr. Jacques
Besner, Special Advisor of the Board (Canada)
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