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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Spatial development policies to promote the knowledge society Type: Research Project

Since long knowledge has been a motor for the society's development. The way knowledge is produced, distributed and applied, has changed considerably and leads to regional differences. This study was conducted to clarify the theoretical background, to identify the …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: September 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

Evaluation of the project "Contracting Campaign for State Properties" on benchmarks and monitoring-based selected methods Type: Research Project

Since 2002, as part of the energy management in federal properties is successfully optimized. But the scepticism is still high, the number of imitators low. Time to take stock.Project duration: October 2006 - December 2007

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – December 2007

Adaptation to climate change: buildings and construction in Germany Type: Research Project

It has emerged that Germany’s adaptation strategies and precautionary measures for reducing negative consequences of climate change in the field of the construction of buildings, as yet, hardly got off the ground. The study presents a first summary of the state of …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: August 2007 – December 2007

BMVBS building safety report Type: Research Project

Objective of the building safety report was to generally assess the traffic safety of federal buildings with regard to their safety and to prepare a concept for technically and economically appropriate examination and evaluation of buildings safety of federal buildings.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – December 2007

The relevance of international development in architecture and property investment for the building economy and building culture (Baukultur) in Germany Type: Research Project

The continuing advance of globalisation and internationalisation also leaves its traces in the fields of building and property economy. International trends have an increasing influence on the quality of planning and building and therefore also on building culture in …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: December 2006 – December 2007

Main features of a territorial cohesion policy in the EU Type: Research Project

The "Territorial Agenda of the European Union" has provided a new basis to European spatial development policy. It is the result of a dialogue between the private sector and other private or public actors and stakeholders at regional and local level ("stakeholder …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 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

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