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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Innovative projects in urban development Type: Research Project

Innovative urban development projects – in terms of the "Agenda 21" – were identified and analysed for presentation in the Internet, and the new Web site was designed and programmed.
Project duration: August 2001 - October 2004

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: August 2001 – October 2004

Report on the Symposium "The Youth Welfare Service - A Subject for the Economic Recovery Agenda for Eastern Germany: New Challenges and Strategies in the Context of Demographic and Social Change" held in Salem/Mecklenburg, from 21 - 22 June 2005 Type: Research Project

At the symposium, youth welfare service representatives discussed new conceptual approaches in their work with a view demographic, socio-structural and financial developments in the Eastern German regions.
Project duration: November 2004 - June 2004

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: November 2004 – June 2004

Town Planning Simulation for the Federal Building Code Amendment 2004 Type: Research Project

Six towns and two rural districts used their experiences with town planning to examine the government draft of an amendment to the Federal Building Code and then give their opinion of it.Project duration: December 2002 - April 2004

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2002 – April 2004

Analysis of the Impact of Section 17 of the Federal Housing Grant Act Type: Research Project

In 1996, section 17 of the Federal Housing Grant Act for the first time introduced a form of government support for the acquisition of cooperative shares. To prevent any abuse of the comparatively lucrative subsidy, the terms were changed several times in the period …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2002 – March 2004

Commission of Experts on Housing Associations Type: Research Project

Cooperative housing offers an alternative to owner occupation and rental accommodation. The Commission of Experts showed how housing associations, with their economic and socio-cultural potential, can position themselves successfully in the market.Project duration: …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: August 2002 – March 2004

Strategies and scenarios for spatial use in Germany's exclusive economic zones in the North and Baltic Seas (with supplementary legal opinion on offshore wind farms) Type: Research Project

In future, areas are to be established for wind parks in the German territorial seas as part of an integrated coastal management. For this, the existing spatial planning system must be extended to include the coast and the sea.
Project duration: March 2002 - December 2003

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: March 2002 – December 2003

The preservation of open space in regional plans  Type: Research Project

A database-driven assessment system was developed to enable planning specialists to make a national comparison of the reliability of the elements shown in regional plans as objectives and principles of regional planning related to open space. This assessment model was …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: August 2002 – December 2003

The Consequence of Long-Term Demographic Developments on Housing Policies Type: Research Project

In addition to an analysis of expected demographic trends and developments in the demand for housing this project discussed the effect of state intervention on the housing market, the control of which will require more market-oriented policies in future.Project …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2002 – October 2003

Amendments to Housing Benefit Legislation 2001 – Impact Analysis and Required Adjustments Type: Research Project

When Germany's long-term, lower tier welfare benefit "Arbeitslosengeld II" was introduced, housing benefit legislation was also amended. A simulation model was used to calculate the impact of the changes in housing benefit legislation on the beneficiary's entitlement.

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: August 2002 – July 2003

Empirical legal review of experiences with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in urban land-use planning practice Type: Research Project

Experiences with the environmental impact assessment for projects led a large number of the local and regulatory authorities questioned during the project to expect a further improvement in planning practice after introduction of the environmental assessment for all …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: August 2002 – May 2003

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