Street Science

Author: Jason Corburn
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0262532727
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, the Greenpoint/Williamsburg neighborhood of 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, the Greenpoint/Williamsburg neighborhood of

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