A Survey of Green Burial Sites in England and Wales and an Assessment of the Feasibility of a Groundwater Vulnerability Tool
| dc.contributor.author | Kim, Kye-Hoon | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Hall, Mark L. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Hart, A. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Pollard, Simon J. T. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-29T17:49:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-29T17:49:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Since 1994, 200 'green' or natural burial sites have been developed in the UK and Eire, attracting regulatory attention because of perceived risks to groundwater. Here, a survey of natural burial practice in England and Wales (n=49 of 141 elicited) is presented, providing data on operational trends and supporting the design of a groundwater vulnerability assessment tool. Natural burial grounds are generally small in area (< 0.8 ha), adopt a mean single burial depth of 1.45 m bgl and a mean plot density of ca. 1480 graves ha-1. A vulnerability screening tool is described that allows a desk-based evaluation of sites by reference to seven groundwater risk attributes. Initial feasibility is evaluated through application to 131 sites. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | K-H Kim, M.L. Hall, A. Hart and S.J.T. Pollard, A Survey of Green Burial Sites in England and Wales and an Assessment of the Feasibility of a Groundwater Vulnerability Tool, Environmental Technology, Vol 29(1), January 2008. pp1-12 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0959-3330 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593330802008404 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3097 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_UK | - |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Cemetery | en_UK |
| dc.subject | groundwater | en_UK |
| dc.subject | pollution | en_UK |
| dc.subject | natural burial grounds | en_UK |
| dc.subject | risk | en_UK |
| dc.subject | vulnerability | en_UK |
| dc.title | A Survey of Green Burial Sites in England and Wales and an Assessment of the Feasibility of a Groundwater Vulnerability Tool | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | - |