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GATE 2025 AR — Architecture – Question 14

Environmental Planning and Landscape · Plant characteristics and planting designs · 1 mark · Multiple choice

What is the Miyawaki landscaping technique used for?

  1. Creating waterbodies to halt urbanisation
  2. Pruning urban shrubs
  3. Creating dense forests with native plants
  4. Selecting urban vertical-garden sites

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Correct answer: (C) Creating dense forests with native plants

Explanation

The Miyawaki approach establishes dense, multilayer plantings based on locally appropriate native forest species, C. It is an afforestation method rather than a shrub-pruning procedure, vertical-garden selection tool or waterbody construction method.

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