In this paper, Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) is presented as an alternative to needs-based approaches to development. Following an overview of the principles and practice of ABCD, four major elements of ABCD are examined in light of the current literature on relevant research and practice. This involves exploring the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry; the concept of social capital as an asset for community development; the theory of community economic development; and lessons learned from the links between participatory development, citizenship, and civil society. The paper outlines how ABCD both reflects and integrates trends in these areas, and stands to benefit from the insights generated from this work.

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SWSA 6 is a 68-acre LLW disposal area at ORNL that opened in 1969 and began full-scale operations in 1973. A wide variety of wastes have been disposed of at SWSA 6 including low-level, chemical and biological wastes. Disposal units have consisted of unlined trenches, auger holes, silos, concrete casks, and tumulus-type facilities. Fig. 1 is an aerial view of SWSA 6 that shows IWMF = Interim Waste Management Facility; odd sample numbers are blanks. Gross beta analysis does not include tritium. 'All data in BqlmL, mean f 1 SE (counting error only). Gross beta analysis does not include tritium.

Analytical Services Organization. Gross beta analysis does not include tritium. Sample collected sometime in March 1992; no date specified in previous report. Sample collected from HDTF storage tank no. I. Sample collected from HDTF storage tank no. 2. Analyses also performed for uranium isotopes and total radium with the following results: e See page I O , ASEMP FY 1992 Annual Report, ORNLIM-3183; no specific data given in report. 234U 0.051 k0.026 235U 0.008 f 0.01 3 238U 0.002 f 0.007 Ra (total) 0.90 f 0.23 Analysis of archived duplicate sample. m A A * Asterisk indicates sample collected by RSWO and analyzed at TRU. All other samples collected by ASEMP and analyzed at the A S 0 low-level lab. Gross beta analysis does not include tritium. This sample was not acidified at the time of collection and was therefore not analyzed by ASO.

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