Landscapes of the Dead
An Argument for Conservation Burial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8080119 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A P Harker (corresponding author), Alexandra Harker |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Berkeley Planning Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-5192 • E-ISSN: 1047-5192 |
| Publisher | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/bp325111923 |
| OpenAlex | W2155616492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The American funeral industry has long influenced how and where we bury the dead. Current industry-standard burial practices harm the environment through the use of embalming and hardwood caskets. This article argues for a different model for burials, one which will preserve open space, incorporate cultural landscapes into cities and regions, and increase the ecological sensitivity of burial practices and social acceptance of death as a natural process. Conservation burials support ecological restoration and can help finance public open space and preserve ecological lands. City planners are in a unique position to promote this new model of burial practice by framing cemeteries as green infrastructure
Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Environmental ethics · Framing (construction · Geography · Harm · Nature Conservation · Political science · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Ecology · Law
Becoming a Tree
Implementing Aldo Leopold’s ideas through the socio-ecological practice of green burial
The city of the living or the dead
Reflections on urbanisation, land supply and the Ghanaian physical planning system towards sustaining cemetery land use in Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area
Ecological Death Reform and Death System Change
Dying with ‘Infinity Mushrooms’ – Mortuary Rituals, Mycoremediation and Multispecies Legacies
Green afterlives
Re-Feminizing Death
| Citations per year | 1.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |