John Radke Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Science Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Department of City and Regional Planning Director, Geographic Information Science Center, 102 Wheeler Hall University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-1870 ratt@ced.berkeley.edu

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Professor Radke teaches Geographic Information (GI) Science and related courses in both the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and the Department of City and Regional Planning. He has lead an effort to bring GI System technologies to the campus and promote its use in the Bay area. Professor Radke is recognized for his contributions to pattern recognition, specifically his spatial decompositions that generate boundaries and formalize notions of neighborhood. His spatial metrics, characterize spatial relationships, association and structure between objects embedded in the earth’s surface. He applies these methods to the field of Environmental Planning where he designs and constructs hazard models in attempts to predict and assess risk. One such study mapped the risk of firestorms in the Eastbay Hills, another detected potential erosion threats to the coastal zone in St. John (USVI), and another automatically generated street centerlines in the City of Berkeley. He speaks to and consults for local , regional and national governments on issues relating to GI Science, environmental monitoring, and data mining.

Recent publications: (with J. Berger) "Geoprocessing and Landscape Planning: The Use of Geographic Information Systems in Landscape Analysis and Planning," Landscape Architecture and Landuse Planning Newsletter of the ASLA, J. Thorne (ed.), Fall 1989; "An Application of Linear Programming and Geographic Information Systems: Crop Allocation in Antigua," (with J.C. Campbell, J.T. Gless and R.M. Wirtshafer) Environment and Planning A, Vol 24, pp. 535-549, 1992; "A Database Prototype for a National Ecological Inventory," (with I.L. McHarg, J. Berger and K. Wallace) a report for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, September 1992; "Phase III: Regional Ground Water Assessment Using Geographic Information Systems," a report for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, May 1993; "History of the Human Ecology of the Delaware Estuary," (with J. Berger and J. Sinton) a report for the Delaware River Basin Commission, February 1994.

Application Challenges for Geographic Information Science:
Recent Developments for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Understanding geographic information is critical if we are to build and maintain livable communities. Since computing has become almost ubiquitous in planning and managing our communities, it is probable that advances in geographic information science will play a founding role in smarter decision making, available to all. We examine the challenges that occur between humans and their environment under conditions thought to be hazardous to life and habitat. Emergency preparedness and response are reviewed and results from focus groups at the UCGIS Summer Assembly (1999), which identified and recommend priorities for research, educational and policy contributions to emergency preparedness and response are documented.