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3D GIS Supporting Underground Urbanisation in the City of Turin (Italy)

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This paper introduces a 3D geological and geotechnical model of the subsoil of the city of Turin managed by means of a Geographical Information System (GIS). The 3D GIS of the subsoil of Turin represents a useful decision-support tool in the underground management for engineering purposes and it’s here proposed as base geological elaborate to support future underground work in the city. In the final part of the paper, an application of the information coming from the 3D model is shown to define the characteristics of the optimal excavation machines (the type and disposition of tools on the head and the necessary engine power) for the future developments of the Underground Metro System.

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  1. Department of Land, Environmental and Geotechnological Eng., Politecnico of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Francesca de Rienzo, Pierpaolo Oreste & Sebastiano Pelizza

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de Rienzo, F., Oreste, P. & Pelizza, S. 3D GIS Supporting Underground Urbanisation in the City of Turin (Italy). Geotech Geol Eng 27, 539–547 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-009-9255-2

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