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Why, one might ask, is there a chapter in this series devoted specifically to research in and for developing countries? Is it not inappropriate to think that environment and behavior research should be different in developing countries from in the countries where the field is more established? Surely, environment and behavior research issues are the same anywhere in the world? Hopefully, as this chapter unfolds, it will make clear the differences and the need for the chapter. Briefly, one could argue that the issues are the same; yet, they have a particular bias and orientation that makes the work different from work undertaken in First World situations. In the main, this difference is due to different political, social, and economic conditions and the nature of the situation existing in this context, which affect the research undertaken.
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Hardie, G.J. (1989). Environment Behavior Research for Developing Countries. In: Zube, E.H., Moore, G.T. (eds) Advance in Environment, Behavior, and Design. Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0717-4_5
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