Land shortage for burials is one of many issues that emerge out of accelerated urban growth in most developing Asian cities, including Kuala Lumpur. Despite actions taken by the federal government and local authorities in addressing this issue, there is no strategic solution being formulated. Apart from making provisions for land to be developed as new cemeteries, the future plan is merely to a...

There have been recent suggestions that an indigenous element in ancient Greek settlements in Sicily can be detected through funerary customs. This paper reviews the evidence for ‘indigenous’ burial methods in Greek cemeteries, concentrating on multiple, contracted and acephalous burials. It argues that such evidence is limited and open to various interpretations and that while it is highly lik...

Cemeteries are often seen as monofunctional spaces for burial and mourning and, within the dynamically changing urban fabric, a planning conundrum. Long periods of stability have also turned these untouched hidden places into refugia nature wildlife. In booming dense cities with high land use pressures housing shortages, in particular, amount ground needed per citizen decreases cultures change,...

BACKGROUND Urban green spaces can harbor a considerable species richness of plants and animals. A few studies on single species groups indicate important habitat functions of cemeteries, but this land use type is clearly understudied compared to parks. Such data are important as they (i) illustrate habitat functions of a specific, but ubiquitous urban land-use type and (ii) may serve as a basis...

In comparison with other European nations, 19th-century burial reform in England is often related as a history of difference and failure. lacked centralising legislation to enforce the establishment new, sanitary cemeteries. Rather, permissive regulation encouraged creation new cemeteries, largely reliant on local initiative. This paper presents re-evaluation that by focussing archival document...

The decommissioning of cemeteries noticeably transforms the urban fabric. purpose this article was to determine what impact has on ecosystem. For purpose, it necessary assess value within Cemeteries are classified as green spaces, and their preservers flora fauna in local ecosystems been proven. However, numerous decaying bodies one place could have adverse effects environment. In order transfo...