Street Science
Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice
$70.86
- Paperback
281 pages
- Release Date
19 August 2005
Summary
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 Brooklyn to deal with environmental health p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262532723 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262532727 |
| Author: | Jason Corburn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 281 |
| Release Date: | 19 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Urban and Industrial Environments |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“I have rarely read a professional book that has had more of an impact on me, and it’s been years since I found one as engrossing as Corburn’s Street Science. This is an amazing volume, and one that should quickly become a classic.” - Meredith Minkler, Professor of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley”
About The Author
Jason Corburn
Jason Corburn is Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning in the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley. He is the author of Street Science- Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice, winner of the 2007 Paul Davidoff award given by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
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