A Study on Habitant's Consciousness for Cemetery Planning in Suburban Area

Abstract

Increasing demand for the cemetery in urban area becomes serious problem but the usable ground for the cemetery is undersupply especially in the suburban area. Urizura is one of the typical residential suburbs and located at the outskirts of Mito-city. Its population is composed of former habitants whose family has been living here for many generations and newcomers who moved here recently and live in Hiranodai housing development area. This study analyzes these residents comparatively and found that there're many differences between them as their degree of demand for their own grave, consciousness for type of cemetery, burial style, memorial service and burying place as it ought to be. Using this analysis as a basis, this study is to search for the possibility of various styles of grave to control unprepared spread of cemetery.