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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Transparency of land ownership in Europe Type: Research Project

Transparency of land ownership serves as a crucial basis for sustainable land policy. However, data availability, data quality and transparency are often deficient. The project therefore examines the causes and consequences of the divergent levels of data availability …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since October 2023

Urban Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change (StadtKlimaExWoSt) Type: Research Project

Both, causes and consequences of climate change mainly affect urban areas and must therefore be examined. Climate change increases the already extensive urban heat islands. The built-up environment, i.e. buildings and infrastructures, neighbourhoods and whole cities, …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Ongoing Started: Since February 2010

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