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

New Urban Agenda of the United Nations: characterising, measuring and visualising the progress of its implementation across various levels Type: Research Project

Compact urban development, the efficient use of resources, mobility in cities and regions as well as the well-being of all are the core messages of the New Urban Agenda adopted by the United Nations as global guiding principle of modern urban development. From 2022, the …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2019 – June 2021

Global urban transformation: involving New Urban Agenda, SDGs and the Paris Agreement into Germany‘s local and national urban development Type: Research Project

International and European agreements like the New Urban Agenda, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Urban Agenda for the EU give new impetus and place demands on cities. In order to make municipalities future-compliant and to …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: September 2017 – October 2019

CO2-neutral in cities and neighbourhoods - the European and international perspective Type: Research Project

The EU has set out ambitious targets for CO2 reduction. Urban areas emit the largest part of greenhouse gases (GHG) including CO2 globally. Therefore, emissions need to be reduced in cities and neighbourhoods in particular (mitigation). But how do cities measure their CO2

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2015 – November 2016

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