The Future of Urban Cemeteries as Public Spaces: Insights from Oslo and Copenhagen

Sammanfattning

Public spaces are believed to make cities more liveable, healthy and socially equal. To date, discussions about public spaces have primarily revolved around emblematic types, such as squares and parks, while little attention has been paid to cemeteries. Drawing on a review of public space scholarship and cemetery research, an analysis of strategies for cemetery development in two Scandinavlan capitals, Oslo and Copenhagen, and interviews with stake-holders, this paper elaborates on the cemetery as a special type of public space. Our findings demonstrate the potential of cemeteries' contribution to the urban environment as multifunctional public spaces - the trajectory envisioned by the two municipalities.

Nyckelord

Cemetery; public space; spirituality; liminality; multicultural society; multifunctionality

Publicerad i

Planning Theory and Practice
2022, volym: 23, nummer: 1, sidor: 81-98
Utgivare: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS LTD

SLU författare

• Nordh, Helena

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU)

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG11 Hållbara städer och samhällen

UKÄ forskningsämne

Landskapsarkitektur
Kulturgeografi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2021.1993973

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