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The nature & use of "complex" models for forecasting & policy simulation are analyzed on theoretical & empirical-performance grounds. While the accuracy of complex models in forecasting trends in such fields as economic & energy is undistinguished, their special virtues -- preserving counterintuitive results & representing subsystem interdependence -- could be used to better advantage than current practice permits. Suggestions for such improvements, through more diversified models, microprocess models in addition to the typical macro models, a mix of mechanically & judgmentally operated models, & the modeling of policy response, are reviewed. 26 References. Modified HA.

Describes different types of citizen participation in the US, focusing on the planning process for West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest, 1979-86, and the initiative to ban clearcutting in the state of Maine on which a referendum was held on Nov. 5, 1996.

Internal migration : challenges in governance & integration / Shane Joshua Barter and William Ascher -- Preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence in and around South Sudan's protection of civilian (POC) sites / Alicia Elaine Luedke -- How IDPs navigate the resettlement process in Bogotá, Colombia / Juan Esteban Zea -- Unsettled states : displacement, governance, and integration in the South Caucasus / Lee J.M. Seymour and Marek Brzezinski -- Competing mobilization of tribal and class identity : politics of internal migration in North India / Rumela Sen -- The political economy of special economic zones and internal displacement in India / Vineeta Yadav -- "Adopting migrants as brothers and sisters" : fictive kinship as a mechanism of conflict resolution and conflict prevention in Lampung, Indonesia / Isabelle Côté -- Displacement and reintegration in Aceh, Indonesia / Shane Joshua Barter -- Vexed returns : Vietnamese returnee interactions with home and state / Ivan V. Small.

Rethinking infrastructure development / William Ascher and Corinne Krupp -- Distributional implications of alternative financing of physical infrastructure development / William Ascher and Corinne Krupp -- Beyond privatization : rethinking private sector involvement in the provision of civil infrastructure / Richard Little -- Infrastructure development in India and China : a comparative analysis / M. Julie Kim and Rita Nangia -- Physical infrastructure as a challenge for farsighted thinking and action / William Ascher -- Transit transformations : private financing and sustainable urbanism in Hong Kong and Tokyo / Robert Cervero -- Urban reclamation and regeneration in Seoul, South Korea / Robert Cervero -- Electrifying rural areas : extending electricity infrastructure and services in developing countries / Corinne Krupp -- Infrastructure and inclusive development through "free, prior, and informed consent" of indigenous peoples / Rosemary Fernholz