Jane Jacobs: Neighborhoods in Action

Produced by the Active Living Network, a project of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. An interview with legendary author, Jane Jacobs, who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities." The film explores the role of the built environment in physical activity and public health. 9:45 Total Length

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[imabaker]

It seems like common sense but Jacobs is one of the few people able to present it clearly and elegantly

[stochasticmonk]

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[catwalkernorth]

There are captions. Click on the CC icon at the bottom right, and select English transcription.

[hideki2837]

It would really help if somebody put subtitles in Jane's speech. For us foreigners, her english is hard to understand.

[trevgoodchild]

Connections between people are connections across the environments we work with. The environments we work in can be varied and complex, but it needs us in common to that environment otherwise there is no point to it being there.