About Event
Natural disasters have become a significant factor underlying mortgage default. This program is designed to help real estate professionals understand the threats that drought, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and sea level rise pose to clients buying real property. You will discuss how land use planning can reduce or exacerbate these threats. Further, you will discuss what the best available science and data indicate, regarding the link between these threats and climate change. You will gain an understanding of the risk under climate change, what the existing uncertainties are, and where to find the best available scientific information. While you cannot be expected to be a scientific expert, this program will help you direct your clients to critical public data sources.
Speaker
Doug Bruggeman, PhD
Doug Bruggeman has a BS, MS and PhD in environmental science. Dr. Bruggeman regularly publishes in the peer-reviewed literature, white papers for Federal agencies, and the popular press. He is adjunct faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Michigan State University. At Lenoir-Rhyne University, he designed and teaches a course on the Economics of Sustainability for the Graduate Program in Sustainability. He is the Founder of Ecological Services and Markets, a firm that develops market-based strategies for mitigating the effects of habitat loss and adapting to climate change. Prior to completing his PhD, Dr. Bruggeman also worked as an environmental consultant supporting Superfund and Brownfield re-development. He is also a licensed REALTOR in North Carolina with Keller Williams Professionals.