“…Metro development in Sapporo, Japan led to major ecosystem changes of agricultural fallow/ marshy areas into other urban uses: orchards/vegetable farms (greater than 95%), marshes (90%), open spaces (60%) and forested areas (30%) were lost and changed to transport, residential, recreational and other urban uses (Jothimani and Yamamura, 1995). Metro development and operation also impact on ground vibration (Qu et al, 2021), groundwater (Chae et al, 2008;Ho, 2016), noise (Wang et al, 2017), and excavated soil and rock (Zhang et al, 2020). Due to the nature of these studies in the areas of engineering and construction technology, the details of these studies are not discussed here.…”