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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Shortage of land for cemeteries

Shortage of land for cemeteries

  • Inaccessibility of grave sites
  • Lack of graveyard land

Broader

Limited available land
Presentable

Aggravates

Modern disruption of traditional symbol systems
Presentable
Isolated mass cemeteries
Presentable
Inadequate facilities for disposal of corpses
Unpresentable
Denial of a proper death
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Lack of a religious centre
Excellent

Reduces

Unmanageable cost of dying
Unpresentable

Related

Human death
Presentable
Exploitation of land for the burial of the dead
Yet to rate

Strategy

Disposing of corpses
Yet to rate

Value

Shortage
Yet to rate
Land
Yet to rate
Lack
Yet to rate
Inaccessibility
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Economics » Resource utilization
  • Geography » Land type/use
  • Societal problems » Disposal of bodies
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E9095
    DOCID
    11590950
    D7NID
    139569
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020