Thus, although economic development is an essential requirement for Sustainable
Development, 80% of the underdeveloped world plays no part in it. There,
the survival of ecological or cultural features – which seem advantageous from our
developed urban logic – is part of something that is inevitably dying in a globalised
world: the agricultural society. Such an understanding is not only fundamental for
their future, it is also fundamental for the future of developed countries themselves
since the ecological and social priorities of the UDCs, which represent most of the
world, will always be subordinate to the economic priorities. The consequences of
this reality do not need to be exaggerated, since we are all in the same boat: Earth.