ABSTRACT
The homogenization of human habitat, governmental policies, technology, and culture, combined with the intense exploitation of natural resources, points to less elasticity among humans. The disastrous event is of relatively small scale, narrowly localized, not catastrophic in extent. The impact falls upon proportionally few persons, perhaps an isolated group with a distinct cultural tradition, but more likely a small pocket or vulnerable segment of population within a larger social composite. Diversities emanating from the vicissitudes people confront, by their very creation, filter into the cultural corpus. Business and industrial practices maximize resource exploitation with little mind to depletion. At the same time, the social realms of all people depend more and more on global systems, adding complexity while increasing homogenization and reducing flexibility. The government responded fairly rapidly and within several months began to build new homes for those whose abodes lay in ruin.
