Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2022
The Future of Urban Cemeteries as Public Spaces: Insights from Oslo and Copenhagen
Grabalov, Pavel; Nordh, HelenaAbstract
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.Keywords
Cemetery; public space; spirituality; liminality; multicultural society; multifunctionalityPublished in
Planning Theory and Practice2022, volume: 23, number: 1, pages: 81-98
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS LTD
Authors' information
Grabalov, Pavel
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
UKÄ Subject classification
Landscape Architecture
Human Geography
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2021.1993973
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/114457