Tree lined parks and green spaces in towns and cities can add years to your life according to Dr David Rojas (Barcelona Institute For Global Health).
It has been found that planting more trees and shrubs reduces the risk of death from any cause including heart disease.
This report underlines the importance of planting more trees, bushes and lawns in urban areas and reducing paved areas, brick walls and wooden fences to a minimum.
Researchers fond that there is a significant link between greenness around the home and death rates.
they said that a relatively small increase in the amount of vegetation within walking distance slashed the chance of early death.
The benefits of having greener surroundings are (a) Stress relief, (b) Improving mood, (c) Lowering the risk of disease such as heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease (d) Prevents early death.
Urban greenery programmes also help increase biodiversity and mitigate the impacts of climate change, making our cities more sustainable and liveable.
Trees are particularly good at filtering out pollutants which come from cars and roadworks.
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Have a look into figures around the world into Covid 19 fatalities linked to air pollution.
Every extra 1mg of pollution per sq m is now believed to have caused an extra %15 in fatalities.
Shame the 'Green Recovery' plan seems to have gone out the window
Off topic, but in case of interest
We live in a Passive House. Very high levels of insulation and hermetically sealed so no draughts, but also no "air leakage". It then has mechanical ventilation with exhaust air going through a heat exchanger to pre-heat/cool incoming air - which has a pollen filter; the mechanical ventilation ensures fresh air gets to every corner of every room so no musty smell or any trace of moulds anywhere in the house and actual air-changes is on a par with a draughty old house ...
Apart from the temperature of the house being between 20C and 23C all year round and very comfortable, and virtually no winter heating [a 3 Bed Passive House has a heat requirement of something like 1kW when outside temperature is -10C!], nor summer cooling, an additional known benefit is for respiratory problems. We built it 6 years ago and neither of us have had winter cough or cold since, and Wife works in an office 8 hours a day surrounded by ill people in Winter.
Too early to say, but maybe it will be found to help with Corona-type viruses too (reduction in the loading of the immune system). Building Regs should require building to that standard IMHO (v.difficult / expensive to achieve retrospectively). Puts about 7% on the cost of a new-build, and then ~zero heating costs for the lifetime of the building ...