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Real estate economic trends 2024 Type: News Date: 25 March 2024

Publication (in German): The publication summarizes the economic outlook for the real estate market in 2024 as the first results of the annual BBSR Expert Panel on the real estate market. The Panel has reflected current market assessments in the residential and commercial sectors for more than a decade.

Creative ideas for inner cities from young people Type: News Date: 19 March 2024

Project completed: Inner cities are facing challenges. While new uses are being sought, spaces of opportunity are emerging that are being filled with creative ideas by young people. A study shows how to create places that arouse curiosity.

Department Stores in Transition – Brief Building Culture Status Report Type: News Date: 07 March 2024

Project completed: The study examines the architectural historical and urban relevance of department stores for inner city centres. The focus is primarily on their architectural and cultural qualities.

Shaping the digital city for the common good through municipal digital competencies Type: News Date: 06 March 2024

Project completed: Small and medium-sized municipalities are called to improve their digital competencies to address current challenges of urban development. The project formulates recommendations for action to establish a data-competent administration.

The potential of circular economy for rural development in Germany and Europe Type: News Date: 27 February 2024

Project completed: The study examined rural German and European regions that are already applying circular economy approaches. Recommendations for regional circular economy development could be derived.

Implementing the Territorial Agenda 2030: “Circular Rural Regions” Type: News Date: 26 February 2024

Project started: The concept of circular economy has taken a central role in the sustainable transformation of regions. The new pilot action supports the development and implementation of strategic circular economy concepts in rural areas in Germany and Europe.

Affordable housing and climate protection Type: News Date: 21 February 2024

Project completed: Harmonising affordable housing and climate protection is an important task for the coming years. The completed research project offers differentiated impact analyses and political recommendations to maintain these targets in the sector of residential buildings.

Implementation Network for Sustainable Educational Buildings Type: News Date: 06 February 2024

Project completed: The Sustainable Educational Building Network serves the exchange of information and communication between those involved in the process of creating sustainable school and university buildings. It also provides support with questions relating to the planning and construction of sustainable educational buildings.

Interconnected areas at the Franco-German border – ACTAREA Workshops Type: News Date: 31 January 2024

Project started: The workshops will contribute to a common understanding of the French-German border area. The objective is to improve cooperation in spatial planning. For this purpose, the workshops make use of the ACTAREA web application developed by the ESPON programme.

Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in the Construction Industry Type: News Date: 30 January 2024

Project completed: The aim of this Project was to analyse in depth the causes and consequences of possible below-average investment activity in the construction industry. Overall, the weak productivity development and low capital intensity in the construction industry can be attributed to insufficient technical progress.

Integrated planning in the German-Polish Interaction Area Type: News Date: 29 January 2024

Project completed: The project developed cross-border structures and integrated planning processes in four pilot projects. These offer solutions for spatial challenges that arise in one or more of the five fields of action of the Common Future Vision 2030 (CFV 2030).

Density and mixed-use: Innovative approaches to redensification in German and American cities Type: News Date: 26 January 2024

Update: Integrated urban development concepts and citizen engagement in planning processes were the focus of the second on-site meeting of the German-US city network Dialogues for Urban Change (D4UC) in Frankfurt, Jena and Berlin.

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