![]() ![]() ![]() However, as the world witnesses unparalleled demographic growth, coupled with a proportional urbanisation rate, land space is becoming scarce hence leading to a surge in property prices which drives housing unaffordability and societal inequity which ultimately impacts on liveability levels and economic growth. As documented in various anthropological works, this practice has been perpetrated in the Anthropocene, but is primarily dictated by religious grounds which is a driver of sociological mannerism through psychological means. I have removed all references in the report to the client and location to maintain confidentiality, as such it has also been necessary for me to present this under a new title which is more explanatory.ĭifferent religious practices sport varying beliefs and principles regarding death, but many of them converge towards the burying of the dead to help in the ascent towards a peaceful afterlife. If a developer is looking to attract people from specific global regions to live or work in buildings on land that was once (or continues to be), a burial site, this report can serve as a general guide about how those groups are likely to feel about it. There are of course always exceptions within different groups as to how individuals feel, with some feeling more strongly against and others totally indifferent towards living in buildings on or near burial sites. Death and burial is a sensitive subject and feelings toward it is ultimately personal whether one is atheist, superstitious or completely devout within ones belief system. This report which I believe to be the only one of its kind to date should be taken as an 'indication' of how different groups feel about living and working in buildings constructed over or adjacent to burial sites. Whilst researching various belief systems themselves is relatively straight forward, it is not the case when trying to gather data and information about sensitivities and beliefs regarding the dead and burial grounds. This high level report produced for a client in 2019 looks at the varying religious and superstitious attitudes towards building developments over graveyards and past graveyard sites. ![]()
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