Richard T Sylves

Biographic Data

ID1066437
NAMERichard T Sylves
GIVEN NAMESRichard T
FAMILY NAMESylves
SIGNATURESYLVES R T
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Delaware
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS40
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX2

  • The Exxon Valdez and BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spills: Reducing Risk in Socio-Technical Systems

    Open AccessRichard T Sylves, Louise K ComfortARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2012Cited by: 2References: 8

    One way to assess whether governments and industry (at any level) learn from their disaster experience is to examine two similar events at different points in time. The authors investigate and compare the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster with the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster to determine whether oil spill prevention and oil spill risk management have advanced over time. The study recounts facts, analyzes features of both incid…

  • Urban Terrorism

    Open AccessRichard T SylvesARTICLEPublic Administration Review2011References: 4

  • The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters – By Charles Perrow

    Open AccessRichard T SylvesARTICLEReview of Policy Research2010

    The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters . Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press . vii +377 pages. ISBN 9780691129976 , $29.95 cloth. ISBN 978140082759 , $29.95 e-book . Perrow, Charles . 2007 . Much-respected, oft-quoted sociologist and organization theorist Charles Perrow uses this book to broadly update, revise, and expand his seminal 1984 (re-released in 1999) book, Normal Acciden…

  • Disaster Policy and Politics: Emergency Management and Homeland Security

    Richard T Sylves, Richard SylvesBOOKDisaster Policy and Politics2008

    1. Disaster Management in the United States Emergency Management as a Profession Disasters as a Field of Scientific Research Presidential Disaster Declarations Fundamental Challenges of Emergency Management Phases of Emergency Management 2. Disaster Management and Theories of Public Management Normative Political Theories The Role of Theory in Emergency Management Toward a Theory of Diaster Recovery Knowledge Codification and Knowledge Diffusion …

  • Do Catastrophes Teach Policy Makers

    Open AccessRichard T Sylves, Bruce LindsayARTICLEPublic Administration Review2008References: 2

  • President Bush and Hurricane Katrina: A Presidential Leadership Study

    Open AccessRichard T SylvesARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2006Cited by: 11References: 4

    Hurricane Katrina raised many concerns about presidential management of megadisasters. President George W. Bush has been criticized, and has personally accepted blame, for the failures and shortcomings of governmental response to this disaster. This work draws from government documents and public affairs information to analyze the facts of the event, the policies and organizational alignments in place before the disaster, and the president’s perf…

  • Organizing the War on Terrorism

    Open AccessWilliam L Waugh, William L Waugh Jr et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2002Cited by: 26References: 1

    The network of public agencies, private firms, nonprofit organizations, ad hoc groups, and individual volunteers that deals with natural and technological hazards and disasters did a remarkable job of responding to and helping us recover from the September 11th attacks. That national emergency management network, along with the national security and law enforcement networks, provides a foundation for our war on terrorism, helps us mitigate the ha…

  • Ferment at Fema: Reforming Emergency Management

    Richard T Sylves, U S General Accounting Office et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1994

  • Disastrous Management

    Louise K Comfort, Richard T Sylves et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1993

  • Nuclear Crisis Management: A Dangerous Illusion. Richard Ned Lebow

    Richard T SylvesARTICLEThe Journal of Politics1988

  • Nuclear Power Plants and Emergency Planning: An Intergovernmental Nightmare

    Richard T SylvesARTICLEPublic Administration Review1984

    28. Ibid., p. 58. 29. Ibid., p. 59. 30. U.S. General Accounting Office, Should Highly. . . , op. cit., p. 18. 31. Musolf, op. cit., p. 60. 32. U.S. General Accounting Office, Amtrak's Subsidy Needs. . . , op. cit., pp. 31-32. 33. Musolf, op. cit., p. 60. 34. Congressional Budget Office, op. cit., p. 28. 35. U.S. General Accounting Office, Should Amtrak Develop High-Speed...., op. cit., p. 21. 36. U.S. Department of Transportation, Final Report to…

  • Carter Nuclear Licensing Reform Versus Three Mile Island

    Richard T SylvesARTICLEPublius The Journal of Federalism1980Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Carter Nuclear Licensing Reform Versus Three Mile Island Get access Richard T. Sylves Richard T. Sylves University of Delaware Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 10, Issue 1, Winter 1980, Pages 69–79, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037301 Published: 01 January 1980

  • Energy Demand Management: The Next Phase

    Richard T Sylves, Malcolm Slesser et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1979