People are limiting their movements. At most, venturing out during low trafficked hours to visit the supermarket. If someone isn’t getting out it’s worth being aware of how one might find an environment which contributes to better health and wellbeing.

Links

Social isolation during COVID-19 lockdown impairs cognitive function: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/acp.3821

View through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/17043718_View_Through_a_Window_May_Influence_Recovery_from_Surgery

Residential greenspace is associated with mental health via intertwined capacity-building and capacity-restoring pathways: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935119305055

Neighborhood greenspace and health in a large urban center: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11610

The benefits of nature experience: Improved affect and cognition: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169204615000286

Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Viewing Green and Built Settings: Differentiating Between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4690962/