ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the changes in the environmental debate that have supported the reinvention of the city in the aftermath of the environmental crisis, that is, the evolution from the idea of sustainability to the concept of resilience. The ecological economists accused the neoclassic economy of considering the environment as a mere supplier of resources that ignored the costs that came with its degradation. By contrast, in agreement with the postulates of ecosophy, they rejected the indiscriminate use of technology as well as “hard” energy sources, pinpointing atomic energy and fossil fuels. By contrast, deep ecology stands side by side with the anti-globalization movements and believes that eco-capitalism (a green economy that they translate into a “greed economy”) leaves vital decisions regarding the environment in the hands of multinational companies. Indeed, the resilient vision responds to the commitment to repair some of the damage caused to the environment by means of the re-wilding of the city.
