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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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

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

Implementing the 2030 Agenda locally through urban development Type: Research Project

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Ongoing Started: Since July 2022

The urban dimension in the EU structural policy 2014-2020 Type: Research Project

The project analysed the promotion of the urban dimension in the Structural Funding period 2014-2020 on the basis of all operational programmes (OP) in Germany. A focus was on the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and the ESF (European Social Fund). Secondarily, …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2018 – December 2020

Regional Baukultur and Tourism Type: Research Project

Baukultur and tourism are far too rarely handled and linked together. Especially in Germany’s rural regions, qualitative planning and constructing is often not recognised as tourism potential. There are numerous good reasons to change this. For starters, vibrant tourism …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: July 2016 – November 2019

Urban recovery across Europe Type: Research Project

Structural change in the world's industrial economies has triggered a number of fundamental transformation processes in cities, often leading to an intensification of problem situations. However, since the 1990s, we have started seeing signs that the decline of the old …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: September 2012 – October 2013

Pre-study: Potentials of Rural Small Towns in Peripheral Areas Type: Research Project

The pre-study served as content formulation and specification of a new ExWoSt–research field. Drawing on a classification, workshop discussions and case studies, its objective was to depict essential challenges that peripheral small towns currently and prospectively …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2013 – April 2014

URBACT II Type: Research Project

URBACT is a programme of the European Commission and the EU member states as well as Norway and Switzerland. Since 2002, the programme has been promoting the transfer of knowledge and experience between European cities in all fields of integrated urban development. Like …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: October 2009 – November 2012

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

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