Planning for the Deceased

Coutts, Christopher; Basmajian, Carlton; Merriam, Dwight; FAICP; Salkin, Patricia

Planning for the Deceased

File

2013-Report - BasmajianC - PlanningDeceased.pdf (27.21 MB)

Date

2013-04-01

Authors

Coutts, Christopher

Basmajian, Carlton

Merriam, Dwight

FAICP

Salkin, Patricia

Publisher

APA Publications

Organizational Units

Organizational Unit

Community and Regional Planning

Community and regional planning is a professional field of study aimed at assessing the ever-changing socioeconomic and physical environments of our communities and planning for their future. Planners evaluate and seize opportunities to understand and solve problems. Most planners work at the local level, but they are concerned with issues that affect the world: the preservation and enhancement of the quality of life in a community, the protection of the environment, the promotion of equitable economic opportunity; and the management of growth and change of all kinds.

History
The Department of Community and Regional Planning was established in 1978 when it was split from the Department of Landscape Architecture and Community Planning.

Dates of Existence
1978–present

Related Units

Department of Landscape Architecture and Community Planning (predecessor, 1978)

Department

Community and Regional Planning

Abstract

Cemeteries are one of the oldest and most sacred human uses of land. As sites of community memory, burial grounds are important parts of the public realm. Like most land uses, cemeteries are subject to local land-use regulations. In many places, they also must adhere to state regulations. Yet burial grounds also possess social and cultural meanings that set them apart from almost every other land use.

Comments

This report is published as Coutts, C., Basmajian, C., Merriam, D., and Salkin, P. Planning for the Deceased. Chicago:American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report no. 572 (2013) https://www.planning.org/publications/report/9026896/. Posted with permission.