Hi Naeema,

Please go through the pdf attachments.

Good luck

An article on Sustainable Cemetery Management, by Cynthia Beal in 2009, is at http://www.alternativefuneralmonitor.com/2009/03/sustainable-cemetery-management.html.

This is a very interesting topic. I am not quite sure if graveyards in the Philippines are seen as green spaces, especially those which are located in the urban. This is a very good research to look into, especially considering the cultural environment that is needed to make existing graveyards a green space. 

The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, is a stunning feature of that city, and a veritable green space. (Admittedly, it is not a "typical" graveyard.) Fascinating details, images, and videos are at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial.

Thanks Olivier. I am honestly unaware of that cemetery. Yup, based on the photos, it is not the typical type of cemeteries in the Philippines. But we could make it a good example on how we could improve other cemeteries as well.  I am also interested about the factors that allowed graveyards in other countries to work as green spaces. 

On a related note, check out:

Larsen, James E. and Joseph W. Coleman.  Cemetery Proximity and Single-Family House Price, The Appraisal Journal, 2010, 78:1, 33-49. 

Thank you everyone for your responses. Much appreciated. 

Hi, I am not sure to what direction your research will proceed, but if you are interested in sustainable cemetery ecosystem management, you may be interested about the attached article, which gives an informative point of view on the ecological concerns over cemetery ecosystem. Hope it is of useful to your research. Good luck.

An interesting parallel can be a Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way WE Make Things book (rather than cradle to grave production)