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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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Urban resilience strategies in the G7 countries Type: Research Project

Urban resilience is gaining increasing importance. The various crises of the past years further underlined the issue. In the future, it is important for cities to develop the ability to respond appropriately to shocks and disruptions of all kinds and to adapt …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Ongoing Started: Since January 2024

Active mobility in urban quarters Type: Research Project

The research project "Active Mobility in Urban quarters" investigated the promotion of walking and cycling through systematic approaches at the urban quarter level. With this, municipalities of Aachen, Kiel, Cologne and Leipzig implemented measures over a period of 5 …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: July 2016 – December 2021

New Urban Agenda of the United Nations: characterising, measuring and visualising the progress of its implementation across various levels Type: Research Project

Compact urban development, the efficient use of resources, mobility in cities and regions as well as the well-being of all are the core messages of the New Urban Agenda adopted by the United Nations as global guiding principle of modern urban development. From 2022, the …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2019 – June 2021

Global urban transformation: involving New Urban Agenda, SDGs and the Paris Agreement into Germany‘s local and national urban development Type: Research Project

International and European agreements like the New Urban Agenda, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Urban Agenda for the EU give new impetus and place demands on cities. In order to make municipalities future-compliant and to …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: September 2017 – October 2019

Preparatory meeting and conference on "Urban Energies" Type: Research Project

The preparatory "Urban Energies" meeting and the conference of the same name served to prepare the "Städtische Energien/Urban Energies" international conference on 11-12 October 2012 in Berlin.

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: December 2011 – November 2012

How transnational projects contribute to implementing the Territorial Agenda of the European Union (topic "Mobility and Transport") Type: Research Project

Mobility and transport are important intervention areas for promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in Europe. The study particularly examines how transnational cooperation projects (INTERREG B) contribute to mobility and transport and how spatial planning …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: June 2011 – February 2012

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