Environmental damage and public health threat caused by cemeteries: a proposal of ideal cemeteries for the growing urban sprawl

Abstract Growing urban land development has led to a reduction in the space available for cemeteries and the juxtaposition of residential and cemeterial areas, further raising the polluting potential of the latter. The present case study sought to assess levels of physicochemical and microbiological...

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Main Authors: Alcindo Neckel, Carlos Costa, Débora Nunes Mario, Clarice Elvira Saggin Sabadin, Eliane Thaines Bodah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora Universitária Champagnat 2017-02-01
Series:Urbe : Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-33692017000200216&lng=en&tlng=en