ABSTRACT
As with the 1970s’ oil crisis, which propelled environmentalism and was the germ of ecosophy, the coronavirus health crisis made scarcity a widespread phenomenon. The ethics of scarcity, which everyone suddenly had to adopt, was no longer a choice, but an obligation. On the other hand, the close presence of death, which was daily aired in the media and expressed in hair-raising figures, unleashed an existential crisis. The political, economic, and social recognition that the reformist ecology approach gained during the pandemic favored the sustainable urban model. The crucial role that digitalization played in the fight against the coronavirus persuaded municipal governments of the advantages of the smart city. The coronavirus crisis might not have unleashed the cultural revolution that the prophets of resilient vision intended. However, at the very least, it provoked a monumental uprising, enabling a single generation to cover a stretch of road that, otherwise, would have required a journey of several decades.
