1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454294503321

Autore

Sassen Claudia

Titolo

Linguistic Dimensions of Crisis Talk : Formalising Structures in a Controlled Language [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, USA, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 20050801

John Benjamins Publishing Company

ISBN

1-282-15660-8

9786612156601

90-272-9431-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond Linguistic dimensions of crisis talk

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES

Linguistics / General

Dialogue analysis - Language

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Head-driven phrase structure grammar

Air traffic control

Communication & Mass Media

Journalism & Communications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451970703321

Autore

Corburn Jason

Titolo

Street science [[electronic resource] ] : community knowledge and environmental health justice / / Jason Corburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-09717-2

9786612097171

0-262-27080-3

1-4237-4700-3

Descrizione fisica

271 p. : ill

Collana

Urban and industrial environments

Disciplina

362.196/98

Soggetti

Communities

Environmental health - Citizen participation

Environmental health - Public opinion

Environmental justice

Environmental policy - Citizen participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-256) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.