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Author: Jason Corburn
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B002R0DTQS
Category: Medical

Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (Urban and Industrial Environments)

When environmental health problems arise in a community, policymakers must be able to
reconcile the first-hand experience of local residents with recommendations by scientists. Download Street Science medical books for free.
In this
highly original look at environmental health policymaking, Jason Corburn shows the ways that local
knowledge can be combined with professional techniques to achieve better solutions for environmental
health problems. He traces the efforts of a low-income community in Brooklyn to deal with
environmental health problems in its midst and offers a framework for understanding "street science"
-- decision making that draws on community knowledge and contributes to environmental justice.Like
many other low-income urban communities, th Get Street Science our bestseller medical books.

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In this
highly original look at environmental health policymaking, Jason Corburn shows the ways that local
knowledge can be combined with professional techniques to achieve better solutions for environmental
health problems Like
many other low-income urban communities, th

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