From reading the author's book "Ecology of Fear", Mike Davis' main thesis for writing this book was to make readers aware of the underlying problems and threats that are existed or currently exist in Southern California and how these issues shape the way we live today and well into the imminent future. While Davis has not provided us with any remedies for the problems plaguing Southern California, this book has made it very clear to readers that problems still exist, even if they may at times seem subtle in nature. Of the many issues that exist in Southern California, I will discuss only a handful of those that Davis provided us with information about. In the following paragraphs, the major Southern California issues I will talk about are suburbanization and how it has caused Southern California to lose its natural beauty and the effects of overdevelopment, the forest fires that occur, and the similarities and differences that rich and poor communities have faced in terms of adversity, how suburbanization has brought people closer to wildlife, and how numerous books and films have portrayed Los Angeles as the center of calamity. The culmination of all these problems clearly shows that there are many glaring weaknesses in Southern California that need to be carefully examined. One of the main issues discussed in the book “Ecology of Fear” was the inherent dangers and problems imposed by suburbanization. on the landscape of Southern California. Although in theory and in reality suburbanization created abundant benefits for a large mass of people, especially for those who wanted to avoid the daily hassles of urban life, its negative consequences were indeed quite serious. Suburbanization led to the complete eradication of the natural landscape of many areas of California. The book's vivid accounts of how the lush green landscape was razed only to build tracts of homes were a painful reminder of the beauty lost to suburbanization. “In 1958, sociologist William Whyte – author of The Organization Man – had a disturbing vision as he left Southern California. "Flying from Los Angeles to San Bernardino - an unnerving lesson in man's infinite capacity to ruin his environment - the traveler can see a legion of bulldozers gnawing away the last remaining patch of greenery between the two cities." (Davis, p. 77)...... half of the paper ...... especially in Los Angeles, that disaster could become a reality in Los Angeles if people begin to ignore the warning signs that permeate throughout the Southern California. reading Mike Davis' book “Ecology of Fear”, my personal impression of his argument that citizens of Southern California becoming aware of the underlying threats and problems that exist today or have existed in the past is a commendable act on the part his, but I actually feel that Davis has overanalyzed the problems facing Southern Californians. Throughout the book, Davis painted a very bleak picture of Southern California and never really put a positive spin on the problems that exist in Southern California and how we can take steps to remedy these problems. Furthermore, Davis should have recognized the fact that problems exist in other parts of the United States as well and are not limited to just Southern California. Southern California's problems are not that different from those of the rest of the nation, which faces similar disasters comparable to earthquakes and wildfires, such as tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms, etc. So basically, the problems.