ABSTRACT
The provision of an adequate if not abundant supply of natural resources for the American economy is ultimately a state responsibility. Concerned with theories of the social change that comes inevitably with resource development, the DRI study cited Wilbert Moore's definition of social change as being most applicable. Moen's research has revealed a myriad of problems, disappointments, stereotypes, and disabilities experienced by women in boomtowns. Simon J. Ortiz's essay begins with his father recalling what turned out to be the explosion of an atomic test bomb in his home state of New Mexico in the 1950s. Miners and miner communities are particularly vulnerable to energy resource development. In conclusion, the sociocultural model is a heuristic device that can be used by both the developers and those that may be affected by development to identify and deal with crucial sociocultural components of a community. Both sides may work out political problems and identify potentially divisive issues before they occur.
