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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Transparency of land ownership in Europe Type: Research Project

Transparency of land ownership serves as a crucial basis for sustainable land policy. However, data availability, data quality and transparency are often deficient. The project therefore examines the causes and consequences of the divergent levels of data availability …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since October 2023

Assisting Research on Urban Development – Knowledge Transfer on Joint Urban Development Granting 2014 Type: Research Project

The design and conception as a learning programme is a success factor for Joint Urban Development Granting. Three regional workshops in 2014, addressing following different subjects: "Billing of comprehensive urban development measures", "Assisting Information and …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since December 2013

CC-LandStraD subproject: settlement and land.use scenarios 2030 – towards a climate-optimised settlements development in Germany Type: Research Project

How can land use in Germany contribute to mitigate climate change in the face of changes in the framework conditions? This is the central question of the project "CC-LandStraD - interdependencies between land use and climate change - strategies for a sustainable land …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since ??????

Social Indicators of Sustainable Building Type: Research Project

Basic Principles for the implementation of the social aspects of sustainable building, laid out in the guideline for sustainable building by the federal ministry, should be created. The aim is the development of the guideline into concrete measures for the building …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since December 2005

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