How to Enhance the Environmental Values of Contemporary Cemeteries in an Urban Context

Długozima Anna and Kosiacka-Beck Ewa
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Długozima Anna: Department of Landscape Art, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Warsaw, Nowoursynowska 166 St., 02 787 Warsaw, Poland
Kosiacka-Beck Ewa: Department of Landscape Art, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Warsaw, Nowoursynowska 166 St., 02 787 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: The cemetery is an important element of the city’s natural system. It can create a system that has a great impact on shaping the city’s climate if it is integrated with the local landscape, designed with respect for the natural environment along with other green areas. In the face of negative demographic forecasts, urbanization and suburbanization processes, and climate change, the use of pro-environmental solutions in the development of cemeteries cannot be overestimated. On the basis of analyses of contemporary cemeteries from Europe (78 objects), including Poland (8 objects), a catalog of pro-environmental solutions is developed. The catalog is created based on the proposed functional and spatial model of cemeteries as a multifunctional space, integrating natural and cultural environments. Environmental activities related to the context, burial space, architecture, and other spatial elements, as well as the vegetation of modern cemeteries, are included. Then, in order to increase the environmental values of the cemetery, these solutions were implemented by developing an integrated concept for the project of a multifunctional and ecological municipal cemetery in Gniezno, Poland (the Greater Poland voivodeship).

Keywords: cemetery; pro-environmental solutions; urban landscape; burial space; multi-faceted cemetery model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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