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The jing kieng jri or living root bridges — aerial bridges built by weaving and manipulating the roots of the Indian rubber tree — have been serving as connectors for generations in Meghalaya.
Study on living root bridges
· Researchers from Germany investigated 77 bridges over three expeditions in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya during 2015, 2016 and 2017.
· Taking into account structural properties, history and maintenance, morphology and ecological significance, the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that the bridges can be considered a reference point for future botanical architecture projects in urban contexts.
· While stressing they are not planning to create new living bridges for contemporary cities right away, the researchers believe this extraordinary building technique can help facilitate “better adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
Relevance of root bridges
· The process begins with placing of young pliable aerial roots growing from Ficus elastica (India rubber) provide essential nutrition and protection from the weather, and also perform as aerial root guidance systems.
Potential of Living root Bridges?
· Architectural structures made of Ficus elastica plants is sound in urban environments. This is because of the robustness of the plant itself.
· There is no technical impediment to there being living architecture in urban areas.
Chinna 5 years
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Good attempt. Try to include the dimension of Climate change. Keep Writing
Shivangi 5 years
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Good attempt. Try to include the dimension of Climate change. Keep Writing.
