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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kommKOOP – Good Practices in Intermunicipal Co-operation (Initiative) Type: Research Project

The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs called on cities and municipalities that co-operate successfully to participate in the competition kommKOOP. With kommKOOP innovative approaches were collected and successful examples awarded.
Project …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: May 2005 – November 2006

Strategies of spatial planning to manage demographic change Type: Research Project

Facing demographic change Germany's federal states (Länder) and regions have to meet manifold challenges. Regional planning on federal, state and regional level plays an important role for the maintenance of the provision of essential services and for further …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2005 – November 2006

Future prospects of young skilled labour in Eastern Germany – company strategies and regional initiatives in Eastern Germany to face up to demographic change Type: Research Project

The project looked into the ways and effects of company strategies to find the skilled labour they require, and the aspirations of young skilled workers to enter working life. It demonstrates how companies in their recruitment efforts for young skilled workers react to …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: October 2005 – November 2006

Formation of dialogue processes in the development of area-specific clusters and networks in the healthcare sector in Eastern Germany Type: Research Project

The project aimed to describe the economic potential of the health care sector in Eastern Germany. For this purpose network formation processes in the healthcare sector in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania were examined. Derivations from this examination are intend to give …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: September 2005 – October 2006

ESPON project 3.2 – Spatial scenarios in relation to the ESDP and EU cohesion policy Type: Research Project

Programme: ESPON Status: Completed Project duration: January 2004 – October 2006

ESPON project 3.1 – ESPON Atlas Type: Research Project

Project duration: 2006

Programme: ESPON Status: Completed Project duration: January 2006 – October 2006

ESPON project 3.1 – Integrated tools for European spatial development Type: Research Project

Project duration: 2000 – 2006

Programme: ESPON Status: Completed Project duration: January 2000 – October 2006

ESPON project 1.4.1 – The role of small and medium-sized towns Type: Research Project

Project duration: 2006

Programme: ESPON Status: Completed Project duration: January 2006 – October 2006

ESPON project 4.1 – Data Navigator Type: Research Project

Project duration: 2002

Programme: ESPON Status: Completed Project duration: January 2002 – October 2002

Guideline for dynamic thermal building simulation for summer conditions Type: Research Project

During the planning design stage, large new and retro-fitting building projects are numerically calculated regarding summer heat protection. This guideline intends to evaluate and to give recommendations for trustable simulation programs which lead to a certainty of …

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

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