The Power of Perception: Health Risk Attributed to Air Pollution in an Urban Industrial Neighbourhood

摘要: This paper describes a multi-stakeholder process designed to assess the potential health risks associated with adverse air quality in an urban industrial neighborhood. The briefly quantitative risk assessment conducted by scientific experts, input grassroots community group concerned about impacts of on their and life. In this case, rather than accept views used powers perception advantage successfully advocating for professionally survey. survey was document, systematically rigorously, perceptions members exposure institutional contexts within which research is situated as well design, administration, analysis, results administered 402 households living neighborhood Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. These served legitimate community’s concerns help broaden operational definitions ‘health.’ addition, both exercises keep issues local political agenda. Implications these findings our understanding environmental justice ability communities influence policy are discussed.