Professor Steven D Shultz
- Finance, Banking and Real Estate, Professor
General Information
Biography
I am a Professor of Real Estate and Land Use Economics and I use spatial technologies to integrate natural resource data with real estate transaction and taxation information.My PhD. (University of Arizona) was in Renewable Natural Resources & Agricultural Economics. I previously was an Environmental Economist on a USAID-CATIE Watershed Management team in Central America, an Associate Professor of Natural Resource Economics at North Dakota State University, and Director of the UNO Real Estate Center (from 2005 to 2010). My research is funded by a mix of federal/state/local sources and focusses on quantifying how things like conservation easements, irrigation potential, urban amenities, and flood damage exposure can be monetized by quantifying their relationships with real estate.
Teaching Interests
Real estate and natural resource valuation. Current course assignments include Principles of Real Estate, Real Estate Brokerage and Sales, and Appraisal.
Research Interests
Current research is measuring the utility and accuracy of monetary estimates of flood risk damage exposure in Omaha and other midwestern locations in to evaluate the feasibility of pending flood mitigation projects and the role of urban real estate development on flood risk. This research is published most often in Natural Hazards Review, various water journals, the Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration, Land Economics, The Appraisal Journal, and the Journal of Real Estate and Finance Economics.
Service Summary
Reports real estate valuation statistics in Omaha, and NE to local stakeholders. Feasibility studies and reports are prepared for county officials, state policymakers and Federal Agencies.
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Shultz, Steven. 2015. ‘Development of a National Database of Depreciated Structure Replacement Values for Inclusion with SimSuite (USACE)/HAZUS (FEMA) and Flood Mitigation Reconnaissance Studies. USACE: IWR/NIWR Water Resources Competitive Grant Program, December, 2015. 77 pages..