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The Emergence of Environment—Behavior Research in Zoological Parks

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Public Places and Spaces

Part of the book series: Human Behavior and Environment ((HUBE,volume 10))

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Animal—environment research in the zoological park dates back to the turn of the 20th century. In 1896, Robert Garner proposed that enclosure design be based upon the scientific examination of biological and social behavior of an imals. There also is a tradition of informal investigations of the physical environment in designing for keeper safety and for solving problems involving human interaction with physical elements of zoological parks. However, systematic environment-behavior research within zoological parks has emerged only quite recently.

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Martin, J., O’Reilly, J. (1989). The Emergence of Environment—Behavior Research in Zoological Parks. In: Altman, I., Zube, E.H. (eds) Public Places and Spaces. Human Behavior and Environment, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5601-1_8

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