The myth of development: non-viable economies and the crisis of civilization. 2nd edition

Abstract

In this new edition of The Myth of Development, It discusses the crisis of our civilization, which is not only, as many people believe, an economic crisis, but actually a crisis of our unsustainable urban civilization that is spreading inexorably to all parts of the planet, thus making water and food scarce and expensive and using up contaminating fossil fuels. Our global urban civilization is incapable of recycling or replacing the fossil energy it uses and which is heating up the planet; so far, it has also been unable to change the patterns of consumption which are destroying its own habitat.