Background

Dr. Johannes Flacke holds a Diploma degree in Geography (1994) from Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. He received his PhD in Geosciences at the Ruhr-University Bochum in 2002 with a dissertation on information systems promoting sustainable land use based on spatial indicators. Before joining ITC as Assistant for Spatial Planning and Decision Support Systems in 2007 he worked as a postdoc researcher at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universität Dortmund.

Dr. Johannes Flacke has over 15 years of theoretical and practical experience in the application Geo-Information Systems, urban and regional planning and spatial planning and decision support. Fields of application have been in urban land use planning, sustainable land management, Brownfield redevelopment, poverty alleviation and targeting, climate change and forest management. His main research interests are currently climate change and urban development, the application of spatial planning and decision support systems in urban planning and micro-level modeling of urban dynamics.

Publications

ISI Journal Articles

Augustijn, P.W.M., Flacke, J. and Retsios, V. (2011) Simulating informal settlement growth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : an agent - based housing model. In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems : an international journal, 35 (2011)2 pp. 93-103. Full text | Full text

Dubovyk, O., Sliuzas, R.V. and Flacke, J. (2011) Spatio - temporal modelling of informal settlements development in Sancaktepe district, Istanbul, Turkey. In: ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 66 (2011)2 pp. 235-246. Full text | Full text

Other Refereed Journal Articles

Augustijn, P.W.M., Flacke, J. and Retsios, V. (2010) Investigating the effect of different pre - evacuation behavior and exit choice strategies using agent - based modeling : first international conference on evacuation modeling and management. In: Procedia Engineering, 3(2010) : 1st Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management. pp. 23-25. Full text | Full text

Book Chapters

Singh, Y.J., Zuidgeest, M.H.P., Flacke, J. and van Maarseveen, M.F.A.M. (2012) A design framework for measuring transit oriented development. In: Urban Transport XVIII / ed. by J.W.S. Longhurst and C.A. Brebia. Southampton : WIT Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84564-580-9. pp. 719-730. Full text

Augustijn, P.W.M., Abdulkareem, S., Huisman, O. and Flacke, J. (2010) Simulating diffusion of pertussis in the Netherlands. In: Workshop on agent - based simulation of diffusion processes, 8-9 April 2010, Vienna, Austria. - Wien : Universität Wien, 2010. ISBN 978-3-200-01835-8. pp. 31-33. Full text

Conference Proceedings (full papers)

Young, G.F. and Flacke, J. (2010) Agent - based model of the growth of an informal settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : an empirically informed concept. In: Proceedings of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs, 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software Modelling for Environment’s Sake, 5-8 July 2010, Ottawa, Canada : conference edition / ed. by D.A. Swayne, W. Yang, A.A. Voinov, A. Rizzoli and T. Filatova. 8 p.8 p. Full text | Full text

Augustijn, P.W.M., Flacke, J. and Retsios, V. (2009) Agent based modeling of indoor emergency evacuation based on empirical behavior data. In: Proceeding ICEM'09 : The First International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management, 23-25 September 2009, Delft, The Netherlands. 14 p. Full text

Flacke, J. (2009) Combining synchronous and asynchronous elearning tools in distance education : experiences from a course for developing countries + powerpoint. In: ISPRS 2009 : Workshop commisions VI 1and 2. e-learning tools, techniques and applications, Potsdam, Germany, June 17-19, 2009. pp. 85-89 +16 slides. Full text | Full text

Wismadi, A., Flacke, J. and Brussel, M.J.G. (2009) Transport infrastructure development in Indonesia during governance reform, leading to pro - poor or anti - poor growth. In: Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies : Enhancing Transportation Infrastructure and Services in Rapid Regional Growth, 16-19 November, Surabaya, Indonesia, 7(2009). 16 p. Full text

Scientific and Professional Publications

Flacke, J. (2010) Advanced interaction in collaborative decision making : the new group decision room at ITC. In: ITC News magazine,  (2010)3 pp. 12-14. Full text

Flacke, J. and Boerboom, L.G.J. (2010) Spatial decision support systems : 2 DVD : distance education. Enschede, ITC, 2010.

Pei, L. and Flacke, J. (2009) Real - time online learning : an elluminate virtual classroom. In: ITC News magazine,  (2009)1 pp. 8-9. Full text | Full text

Flacke, J. and Köckler, H. (2009) Sustainability of sugarcane plantation and biofuel production in Brazil. In: Geographische Rundschau : international edition, 5(2009)2, pp. 26-31. Full text

Presentations

Flacke, J. and Raidt, L. (2012) An agent - based model of informal settlement growth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : powerpoint. Presented at the Association of American Geographers AAG annual meeting, New York, New York, paper session: Agent - based models and geographical systems, policy modeling, 24-26 Februari, 2012. 17 slides. Full text

Reckien, D., Flacke, J., Heidrich, O. and Dawson, R. (2012) Plans and realisation : how European urban regions proceed in adaptation and mitigation planning : powerpoint. Presented at : Planet under pressure, 26-29 March, 2012, London. Session: State of the World's cities. 11 slides. Full text

Reyes Acevedo, M.A., Flacke, J. and Brussel, M.J.G. (2011) Urban flash flood vulnerability : spatial assessment and adaptation : a case study in Istanbul, Turkey. In: IGS - SENSE conference : resilient societies : governing risk and vulnerability : for water, energy and climate change, 19-21 October 2011, Enschede, the Netherlands. 17 p. Full text | Full text

Dubovyk, O., Sliuzas, R.V. and Flacke, J. (2010) Spatio - temporal analysis of informal settlements development : a case study in Istanbul, Turkey. Presented at Earsel Joint SIG Workshop : Urban - 3D - Radar - Thermal Remote Sensing and Developing Countries, 22-24 September 2010, Ghent, Belgium. 11 p. Full text

Flacke, J. and Augustijn, P.W.M. (2009) Agent based modeling of informal settlements in Sub - Saharan cities : powerpoint. Presented at AESOP 2009 : 23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning : Why can't the future be more like the past? 15-18 July, 2009, Liverpool, UK. 16 slides. Full text

Jain, D., Zuidgeest, M.H.P., Flacke, J. and Munshi, T. (2009) Dynamic modelling of spatial development of Ahmedabad : sustainability of Asian cities : urban form and development. Presented at the 10th international congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) : future of Asian cities, 24-26 November 2009, Ahmedabad, India. 9 p. Full text

Augustijn, P.W.M., Flacke, J. and Iqbal, A. (2009) Simulating informal settlements growth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : a hierarchical framework : abstract + powerpoint. Presented at the 3rd ICA workshop on geospatial analysis and modeling : geospatial knowledge discovery, 6-7 August 2009, Gävle, Sweden. 21 slides. Full text | Full text | Full text | Full text