@article{1386070,
      recid = {1386070},
      author = {Corburn, Jason.},
      title = {Street science : community knowledge and environmental  health justice /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, MA :},
      pages = {1 online resource (271 pages) :},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {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  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 Brooklyn suffers  more than its share of environmental problems, with a  concentration of polluting facilities and elevated levels  of localized air pollutants. Corburn looks at four  instances of street science in Greenpoint/Williamsburg,  where community members and professionals combined forces  to address the risks from subsistence fishing from the  polluted East River, the asthma epidemic in the Latino  community, childhood lead poisoning, and local sources of  air pollution. These episodes highlight both the successes  and the limits of street science and demonstrate ways  residents can establish their own credibility when working  with scientists. Street science, Corburn argues, does not  devalue science; it revalues other kinds of information and  democratizes the inquiry and decision making processes.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386070},
}