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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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Department Stores in Transition Type: Research Project

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. On the one hand, it looks at the historical development of department stores in Germany …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: April 2022 – December 2023

Effects of e-commerce on transport system and urban planning Type: Research Project

The study analyzed the impacts of e-commerce in transport and which effects in urban planning are to be expected by this. In order to measure this effects in scenarios, international scientific literature and quantitative analyses were reviewed and transferred to three …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: September 2015 – January 2018

Smart Cities - How online trading can affect the spatial development of inner cities, district centres and neighbourhoods Type: Research Project

The study investigated how the increasing share of online-trading sales channels affects urban centres. Avoidable/unavoidable and desirable/undesirable spatial effects were addressed and recommendations developed for instruments to design and control development in the …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: December 2014 – November 2016

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