Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice

by Jason Corburn

Book Overview

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. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262532727
• ISBN13: 9780262532723
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher