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Project completed: The climate is changing: hazards from heat, floods and heavy rain are increasing. What does this mean for building standards and technical rules? How can standards help to make buildings more resilient?
Date:
24 January 2023Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: There is a lot of waste land in Germany. The research project investigated the question how the previously rarely used development order under Section 176 BauGB (German Federal Building Code) can be deployed more frequently and efficiently in order to promote housing construction.
Date:
19 January 2023Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: The ExWoSt project Digital Learning Labs of the City of Oldenburg was intended to improve the citizen participation of the population in urban planning and the formation of social coexistence.
Date:
19 January 2023Document type:
Research Project
Publication (in German): State-wide and regional spatial structure plans are regularly updated. The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) monitors this development via its Regional Spatial Structure Plan Monitor (ROPLAMO).
Project completed: This study analyses the effects of the covid crisis in German border regions. The evolution of the pandemic and its consequences in the different regions are described quantitatively. The analysis is further detailed in four case studies and in the French-German border area.
Date:
02 January 2023Document type:
Research Project
Publication (in German): The BBSR publishes a report on the Urban Development Support programme every two years. This first report deals with the transition of the programme to a new structure. The authors also take a look at future main topics and tasks.
Publication (in German): The new Atlas of Urban and Regional Development by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) focuses on the spatial effects of COVID-19. Maps and graphs offer a multifaceted overview of regional differences in living conditions.
Project completed: The project has developed a handbook that supports municipalities on their way to smart cities. It is not only intended to help developing digital strategies and projects, but also to raise awareness of the opportunities and risks of digital transformation.
Date:
22 December 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: The objective of the project was to develop a practical guide that provides information on how the topics of migration, integration and participation can be anchored in integrated urban development concepts.
Date:
22 December 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: The BNB has been used on numerous building projects and has created knowledge among stakeholders. This has prepared the ground for evaluating its effectiveness as a policy framework, a system of targets and as an instrument for assessing and ensuring quality.
Date:
22 December 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project updated: The BBSR carries out one of six Europe-wide pilot actions of the Territorial Agenda 2030. In 2022, it focused on mobility. An English-language publication presents best practices from European regions involved.
Date:
22 December 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: The project supported the BMI and the BBSR in the field of transnational cooperation. It helped with the targeted approach of German partners, especially municipal and regional actors.
Date:
22 December 2022Document type:
Research Project
Publication (in German): What are the most important challenges facing the real estate market? This publication summarizes the experiential know-how of real estate experts gained from the annual survey of the "BBSR Real Estate Market Expert Panel".
Publication (in German): This publication presents the results of a scientific survey, which interviewed private home-ownership. The results are combined with forecasts on the development of per-capita living space, ownership rates and the developement of the number of households.
Project completed: The field trial for building stock of high conservation value examined a range of methodological approaches to identifying and surveying high conservation-value building stock. The findings were included in a practice-oriented work aid for municipalities.
Date:
22 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: The project team played with various individual applications for working with questions relating to the urban future in collaboration with selected cities. The result is a comprehensive collection of trends consisting of 15 trend molecules and a method kit.
Date:
21 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: Narratives provide a crucial framework for all phases of urban development. An exploratory study now lays the foundations for a better understanding of narratives in urban development policy.
Date:
18 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: Compared to other European nations, a general awareness in Germany of the concept of 'Baukultur' is relatively undeveloped. Architecture and urban development are rarely viewed in this country as an integral part of everyday life.
Date:
15 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project started: Circular economy offers great potentials for rural regions, for instance, regarding regional resilience, a diversified economy, or new employment opportunities. The project collects transferable good practices from other European regions.
Date:
14 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: Within the research project selected medium-sized towns were perambulated and analysed. The opinions of citizens about the growth of their towns were collected in digital workshops with representatives of three towns.
Date:
11 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Project completed: The project examined how an additional demand for construction services affects overall economic production. As a result, one euro of additional construction demand leads to an increase in total economic output of 1.68 euros.
Date:
11 November 2022Document type:
Research Project
Publication (in German): I the first half-year 2022, the trading volume on the market with existing housing portfolios dropped off. In addition to that, the number of sales transactions remained on a low level.
Publication (in German): In the context of adequately equal living conditions the dynamics of regional convergence processes are of great importance. The analysis shows the convergence of German regions between 2005 and 2020.
Publication (in German): What are narratives? What role do they play in the context of urban development? And how can they be meaningfully analyzed? This publication treats the relevance of narratives and sets out how they shape planning concepts as well as theoretical discourses.
Publication (in German): The air traffic infrastructure and the efficient connection to air traffic are relevant for securing the international competitiveness of the economy and the quality of life in Germany. The 23 main airports form the backbone for the transport of passengers and air freight.
