The morphological evolution of Chinese urban cemeteries from the perspective of fringe belt:A case study of Nanjing  

作　　者：Hao Deng Meichen Li 

机构地区：[1]School of Architecture,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》2023年第6期1065-1079,共15页建筑学研究前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：The urban cemetery is the material carrier of citizens’view of life and death,and it also evolves with time as a special part of the urban form.Since the reform of the housing system in the 1990s,China has entered a period of rapid urbanization,and the urban cemeteries has entered a cycle of shock and accelerated transformation.The cemeteries originally located on the urban fringe were gradually surrounded by new built-up areas as the city sprawled,and then most of them inevitably migrated outward under the pressure of urban population explosion and land shortage.Taking Nanjing as an example,this paper presents the morphological evolution of Nanjing’s urban cemetery since the early 20th century,discusses the relationship between the evolution of the cemetery and the urban fringe belt,and analyzes the reasons for its evolution.The different types of morphological evolution of Nanjing cemetery are further summarized,revealing the general law and its Chinese particularity.The article concludes with a discussion of the value and significance of morphological research on urban cemeteries in China.

关 键 词：Urban cemetery View of life and death Urban morphology Fringe belt Move NANJING 

分 类 号：TU984[建筑科学—城市规划与设计]