The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning

Research projects

The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) supports federal politics with its projects. The projects deal with current issues of spatial planning, urban development as well as building and housing. They reveal the need for political action and provide scientifically sound bases with which political instruments and measures can be further developed.

You can find an overview of current and completed research projects on this page. You can use the search function to search for specific topics using key words.

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Effects of the extended cultivation of biomass for energy purposes on cultural landscapes Type: Research Project

The cultivation of biomass for energy purposes continuously increased in recent years and will probably increase even more. The aim of the project is to make recommendations for actions of regional planning on how the impact of energy crops cultivation on cultural …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: September 2007 – December 2007

Innovative use of ERDF money by urban development funds in the new Länder Type: Research Project

A new European initiative for innovative use of ERDF money in the context of urban development is JESSICA. A national working group of financial and urban experts has discussed possible advantages and practical ways to make use of the new JESSICA-ideas in Germany.

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – November 2007

Cross-border cooperations to support an interconnected developing region in Central Europe Type: Research Project

Starting point of the analysis was the cross-border projects that have been implemented in cooperation with Poland and the Czech Republic in the expiring programming period of INTERREG IIIA and their effects that go beyond the original project objectives. The aim was to …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: December 2006 – December 2007

Potentialities and contributions of East German universities and research institutions to the development of regional innovation potential, shown by the example of cluster formation processes in Central Germany Type: Research Project

The aim of the project was to identify exemplary co-perations and to develop strategies for transfering these patterns of co-operation upon the broad enterprise scenery in Eastern Germany. The project focussed on the transfer of innovation between enterprises and …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: November 2006 – January 2008

Housing stock and economic strategies of private owners in the five new states and their inclusion into urban restructuring in the new federal states Type: Research Project

Even though private old housing often form the cityscape of cities in the five new states, reliable data was hardly available - neither on the stock nor on the owners. For the first time it was now examined to what extend and with which strategies a further upgrade and …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: November 2005 – December 2007

Demographic Changes in Eastern Germany and their Impact on Public Finances Type: Research Project

Demographic changes bring about manifold opportunities and risks for regions. This is particularly valid as to Eastern Germany. In this context the effects of demographic change on public finance, among other things, are of particular interest. Through this project …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: September 2006 – January 2008

Spatial Distribution of Subsidies to Cultural Landscapes Type: Research Project

The project aimed at acquisition and description of programs that exert relevant influences on cultural landscapes in the eastern federal states of Germany and at storing this information in a database.
Project duration: December 2006 - December 2007

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: December 2006 – December 2007

Efficiency Analysis of Housing Administration within the Republic of Slovakia and Development of Apprenticeship and Further Education with Practical Orientation Type: Research Project

The aim of the project was to identify the economic chances of an efficient administration of residential property and to impact on the development of administrators' apprenticeship and further education. The project was initiated within a framework of German and …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: October 2005 – November 2007

Cooperation of central places in shrinking regions Type: Research Project

Can subdivisions of functions in the Concept of Central Places - so called intermunicipal alliances - and other forms of regional cooperation be used to ensure the services of general interest in shrinking regions? The practical experience study makes recommendations …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – November 2007

Strategies strengthening the tourism in the new federal states with regard to the national and international competitive environment Type: Research Project

In line with the project, the current competitive situation in the East German travel areas within the national and international context was classified. According to that, the tourism-related development potentials were identified and strategies for the coverage of …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: August 2006 – August 2007

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