Concepedia

William J. Petak

WJ

6

Publications

460

Citations

6

H-Index

1980

Active since

Affiliations

University of Southern California(Current)

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay

William J. Petak is an author at University of Southern California specializing in public policy, engineering, and environmental policy.

Top concepts

EngineeringPublic PolicyEnvironmental PolicyManagementEarthquake EngineeringEnvironmental PlanningDisaster Risk ReductionEnvironmental ManagementNatural Hazard MitigationEnvironmental Impact Assessment

Publications per year

1980–2004

6

Publications

6

Emergency Management: A Challenge for Public Administration

William J. Petak · Public Administration Review · 1985 · 346 citations

Environmental planning and management: The need for an integrative perspective

William J. Petak · Environmental Management · 1980 · 52 citations

Environmental Governance, Sustainable Environmental Management, Engineering +11

Environmental management: A system approach

William J. Petak · Environmental Management · 1981 · 19 citations

Sustainable Environmental Management, Environmental System, Engineering +7

Seismic Retrofit of California Hospitals: Implementing Regulatory Policy in a Complex and Dynamic Context

Daniel J. Alesch, William J. Petak · Natural Hazards Review · 2004 · 15 citations

Engineering, California Hospitals, Safety Science +22

Overcoming obstacles to implementation: addressing political, institutional and behavioral problems in earthquake hazard mitigation policies

Daniel J. Alesch, William J. Petak · Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration · 2002 · 14 citations

Public Policy, Earthquake Engineering, Policy Implementation +11

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