William J. Petak

723 total citations
13 papers, 457 citations indexed

About

William J. Petak is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Civil and Structural Engineering and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Petak has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 457 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering and 1 paper in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in William J. Petak's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (1 paper) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper). William J. Petak is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (1 paper) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper). William J. Petak collaborates with scholars based in United States. William J. Petak's co-authors include Daniel J. Alesch, Lucy A. Arendt, William A. Wallace, Ronald W. Perry, Gary F. Dargush, James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi, André Filiatrault, A. M. Reinhorn and Michael K. Lindell and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Administration Review, Environmental Management and Natural Hazards Review.

In The Last Decade

William J. Petak

10 papers receiving 375 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Petak United States	8	247	141	73	51	39	13	457
Jack D. Kartez United States	9	575 2.3×	306 2.2×	125 1.7×	117 2.3×	58 1.5×	21	745
Alvin H. Mushkatel United States	11	384 1.6×	84 0.6×	22 0.3×	34 0.7×	45 1.2×	31	494
P. H. Longstaff United States	5	197 0.8×	70 0.5×	51 0.7×	45 0.9×	21 0.5×	11	377
Joanne Rose United Kingdom	8	518 2.1×	262 1.9×	104 1.4×	103 2.0×	48 1.2×	15	803
Laurie Pearce Canada	8	342 1.4×	165 1.2×	61 0.8×	100 2.0×	19 0.5×	21	506
Karyn Bosomworth Australia	13	399 1.6×	336 2.4×	28 0.4×	31 0.6×	69 1.8×	31	681
Lilia Yumagulova Canada	10	270 1.1×	137 1.0×	42 0.6×	56 1.1×	67 1.7×	15	444
Gavin Smith United States	13	535 2.2×	387 2.7×	131 1.8×	109 2.1×	65 1.7×	29	726
Pairote Pathranarakul Thailand	5	224 0.9×	50 0.4×	57 0.8×	65 1.3×	15 0.4×	13	352
Fengxiu Zhang United States	13	209 0.8×	103 0.7×	52 0.7×	22 0.4×	11 0.3×	33	427

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13 of 13 papers shown

Alesch, Daniel J., Lucy A. Arendt, & William J. Petak. (2011). Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy: Implementation, Organizational Choice, and Contextual Dynamics. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 4 indexed citations

Alesch, Daniel J., Lucy A. Arendt, & William J. Petak. (2011). Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy. 6 indexed citations

Filiatrault, André, Michel Bruneau, Daniel J. Alesch, et al.. (2008). ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE OF ACUTE CARE FACILITIES: AN OVERVIEW OF MCEER RESEARCH.

Alesch, Daniel J. & William J. Petak. (2004). Seismic Retrofit of California Hospitals: Implementing Regulatory Policy in a Complex and Dynamic Context. Natural Hazards Review. 5(2). 89–96. 13 indexed citations

Alesch, Daniel J. & William J. Petak. (2002). Overcoming obstacles to implementation: addressing political, institutional and behavioral problems in earthquake hazard mitigation policies. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration. 1(1). 152–158. 10 indexed citations

Petak, William J., et al.. (1985). NATURAL HAZARD LOSSES IN THE UNITED STATES: A PUBLIC PROBLEM. Review of Policy Research. 4(4). 662–669. 1 indexed citations

Petak, William J.. (1985). Emergency Management: A Challenge for Public Administration. Public Administration Review. 45. 3–3. 217 indexed citations

Petak, William J.. (1984). Natural Hazard Mitigation: Professionalization of the Policy Making Process. International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters. 2(2). 285–302. 7 indexed citations

Karwan, Kirk R., William A. Wallace, Ronald W. Perry, et al.. (1984). Can We Manage Natural Hazards?. Public Administration Review. 44(2). 177–177. 2 indexed citations

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Petak, William J., et al.. (1982). Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Public Policy. 97 indexed citations

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Petak, William J., et al.. (1982). Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Public Policy: Anticipating the Unexpected. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 51 indexed citations

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Petak, William J.. (1981). Environmental management: A system approach. Environmental Management. 5(3). 213–224. 13 indexed citations

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Petak, William J.. (1980). Environmental planning and management: The need for an integrative perspective. Environmental Management. 4(4). 287–295. 36 indexed citations

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