"Suburbanization is like another one of Southern California's natural disasters--recurrent, inexorable. ... After the Santa Clara River Valley dies, there is only desert to feed the developers' insatiable hunger." ch2.5 #EcologyofFear #MikeDavis After Newhall Ranch fight.
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Given current events in LA, Mike Davis' seminal book 'Ecology of Fear' has reared up again in the collective consciousness. Davis might have been a relentless doomsayer but he always hit home. Here's an extract, 'The Fire Bloom': www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... #mikedavis #la #ecologyoffear
watching LA burn is a good reminder to go read mike davis's books on LA. #mikedavis #cityofquartz #ecologyoffear
Recalling Mike Davis iconic Ecology of Fear (1998) , brilliant synopsis of nightmarish ends & exploration of the imagination of disaster in the factory of dreams! all made real with the #climateemergency and visions of inferno of these LosAngeles fires. #ecologyoffear #mikedavis
