Bridging the nature-cultural heritage gap: Evaluating sustainable entanglements through cemeteries in urban Asia

• Main Authors: OCON, David, YOUNG, Wei Ping
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Nature and cultural heritage; Urban Asia; Heritage and sustainability; Heritage preservation; Cemeteries inAsian cities; Environmental and social sustainability; Asian Studies; Demography, Population, and Ecology; Nature and Society Relations; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3962; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5220/viewcontent/s11625_024_01533_2_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The expanding footprint of urban Asian settlements and increasing living standards have put pressure on cemetery sites. Public health narratives and the sanctity associated with death matters in Asian urban landscapes have fed into the rhetoric of cemeteries as undesirable heritage spaces. Often lac...