Psycho-biological factors associated with underground spaces: What can the new era of cognitive neuroscience offer to their study?

Roberts, Adam Charles; Christopoulos, George I.; Car, Josip; Soh, Chee Kiong; Lu, Ming

doi:10.1016/j.tust.2015.12.016

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“…The importance of underground physical space quality and the relevant psychological and health issues have long been noticed and discussed for more than three decades. These issues can be grouped into three categories, namely 1) environmental stressors such as thermal comfort, air quality, noise, lighting, and windowless environment [145], 2) socio-psychological issues such as negative culture-based attitudes (related to burial and evil) and lack of perceived control (due to difficult way-finding and darkness) [146,147], 3) health issues such as circadian disruption, vitamin D deficiency, claustrophobic reactions, and sick building syndrome [148]. However, most of the early studies are descriptive and methodologically out-ofdate.…”

Section: Underground Qualitymentioning

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A collaborative approach for urban underground space development toward sustainable development goals: Critical dimensions and future directions

Peng

Qiao

Sabri

et al. 2021

Front. Struct. Civ. Eng.

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The utilization of urban underground space (UUS) offers an effective solution to urban problems but may also negatively affect urban development. Therefore, UUS development needs better concerted guidelines to coordinate various urban systems and the multiple components of the underground world. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which should be viewed as important yardsticks for UUS development, do not explicitly mention urban underground space, although many of them are affected by both the positive and negative consequences of its development. To fill this gap, this review lays the foundations of relevant UUS concepts and uses exemplary cases to reveal that 11 out of 17 SDGs can be linked with UUS uses. These linkages also manifest that land administration, integrated planning, architectural design, and construction technology are critical dimensions for increasing the contributions of UUS to the realization of SDGs. To achieve multi-disciplinary synergies among these four critical dimensions, a collaborative approach framework based on spatial data infrastructure is required. Thus, this work provides academics and practitioners with a holistic view of sustainable UUS development.

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Section: Underground Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A collaborative approach for urban underground space development toward sustainable development goals: Critical dimensions and future directions

Peng

Qiao

Sabri

et al. 2021

Front. Struct. Civ. Eng.

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“…Obstructed navigation due to landmarks being occluded by walls and ceilings results in a lower sense of control (Ringstad, 1994; Yokoi et al, 2015). Moreover, static conditions such as similarity in lighting, interior design, and traffic organization throughout a building results in further deterioration in wayfinding (Hane et al, 1991; Lee et al, 2016; Roberts et al, 2016). Having a deficiency of environmental cues to locate oneself within the environment could be a serious problem in case of an emergency as time pressure and physical threat (e.g., fire) could induce a hypervigilant state in which individual’s capacity to process environmental information deteriorates even further (Ozel, 2001).…”

Section: Psychosocial Characteristics Of the Underground Environment mentioning

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A Psychosocial Approach to Understanding Underground Spaces

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With a growing need for usable land in urban areas, subterranean development has been gaining attention. While construction of large underground complexes is not a new concept, our understanding of various socio-cultural aspects of staying underground is still at a premature stage. With projected emergence of underground built environments, future populations may spend much more of their working, transit, and recreational time in underground spaces. Therefore, it is essential to understand the challenges and advantages that such environments have to improve the future welfare of users of underground spaces. The current paper discusses various psycho-social aspects of underground spaces, the impact they can have on the culture shared among the occupants, and possible solutions to overcome some of these challenges.

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“…The subjective reports had indicated that underground workers were less satisfied with their surroundings given that their environment hindered their work and that their emotions were extremely anxious, depressed, and hostile [25]. In an underground environment, thermal comfort, noise, and lighting were the most salient factors as environmental stressors [26]. In addition, some researches show evidence about the relationship between the sound environment and human emotions.…”

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Drivers’ physiological response and emotional evaluation in the noisy environment of the control cabin of a shield tunneling machine

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Being a driver in the control cabin of a shield tunneling machine is a high-pressure career. The physiological responses and mood swings of a driver are vital to his occupational health and construction safety; however, a driver's emotional intensity and physiological reactions in a noisy environment have not been considered. This study aims to investigate how a driver's emotional intensity and physiological responses in a noisy environment can be altered. On-site measurements were conducted in an urban metro system, and an emotional survey was performed. A wearable device was used as a physiological measurement tool to obtain heart rate data from a driver. Results indicate that the driver pays considerable attention to the noisy environment. The sound pressure level in the control cabin was in the range of 96.8 to 98.7 dBA. The driver's emotion is influenced when the sound pressure level increases to 94.5 dBA. The relationship was significant between the emotional intensity and the sound pressure level. The fear was highly evident with the sound pressure level increase given that the drivers were concerned about operational errors. The heart rate of the driver was significantly influenced in the noisy environment for a long time. The increased heart rate at 92 to 96 dBA was faster than at other ranges of sound pressure level. The emotional intensity had impacts on the heart rate of the driver. The disliking influenced the heart rate more obviously than the other two emotional types. The driver's emotion has a relationship with social background.

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Psycho-biological factors associated with underground spaces: What can the new era of cognitive neuroscience offer to their study?

Cited by 58 publications

References 213 publications

A collaborative approach for urban underground space development toward sustainable development goals: Critical dimensions and future directions

A collaborative approach for urban underground space development toward sustainable development goals: Critical dimensions and future directions

A Psychosocial Approach to Understanding Underground Spaces

Drivers’ physiological response and emotional evaluation in the noisy environment of the control cabin of a shield tunneling machine

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