新北市立殯儀館政策規劃可行性評估

Abstract

隨著新北市經濟發展，人口擴增至400多萬人口，但新北市目前僅一處新北市立殯儀館且使用至今已30餘年。導致目前相關設施不足及老舊問題；更因為周邊住宅密集，傳統治喪儀式造成不僅因噪音常引起民眾不滿，也因此造成交通問題。以致周遭鄰避效應更加劇，為解決該等問題，本研究透過透過深度訪談方式了解周遭居民、政府單位、民意代表及業者對於新北市立殯儀館乃至於未來政策規劃看法，以了解目前新北市立殯儀館目前使用狀況，探討其目前面臨問題並針對相關殯儀館設施未來政策規劃進行可行性分析。 研究發現，殯儀館相關設施之鄰避效應主要因台灣傳統禮俗對於死亡恐懼及治喪儀式造成環境汙染，並且殯儀館相關設備乃至於殯儀館建築外觀老舊不足，更衍生出周遭私人殯葬產業，又政府相關管理不善，導致許多非法私人殯葬業者問題，周遭居民對於此設施之鄰避性更劇。 從訪談以及相關文獻的資料中發現，政治可行性對於該政策決策的影響力最大，但地方政府政策規劃缺乏民眾溝通管道，本研究建議地方政府可以透過第三方溝通平台增加與民眾溝通管道，並且以近、中及遠程政策規劃就整修、重建及遷移或增建逐步改善目前新北市殯儀館面臨問題。

With the development of economy of New Taipei City, the population of New Taipei City has grown to 4 million. However, New Taipei City only has one funeral parlor that has been built for 30 years and it has led to problems like the lack of equipment and the aging of the equipment. Besides, due to the high population density around the funeral parlor, traditional religious procedures not only annoy the residents with the noise but also impact traffic condition and further arouse NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). To solve the problems, this study collects ideas and thoughts of the residents, governmental departments, civil representatives and companies about possible future policies of the New Taipei City’s funeral parlor through in-depth interview to know more about the condition of the funeral parlor, discuss the issues it confronts now and make an analysis about possible policies and constructions. According to the study, the fear of death and the pollutions caused by traditional religious procedures are the main reasons that arouse NIMBY. On the other hand, the New Taipei City funeral parlor has been established for more than 30 years, the equipment and the appearance of it are both old. This resulted in arising of many private funeral businesses. Some of them are even illegal and cause more problems and end up intensifying NIMBY. The study also reveals that political feasibility impacts the political decision the most. Nevertheless, policies of local governments lack the way of communication to the public. This study suggests that the local governments should communicate with the public through third-party platforms and draw up plans to renovate, rebuild or relocate the New Taipei City funeral parlor to gradually solve the problems.