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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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

Application and analysis of an orientation and action framework for the forward-looking development of historic towns in the New Länder Type: Research Project

The report uses selected Eastern German towns to show how the problem of unoccupied housing in historic centres can be remedied despite the poor financial situation in the local authorities and the threat of future floods, by means of demolition and refurbishment.

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

Survey of Ancillary Building Legislation in Germany and the Development of Proposals for the Simplification and Standardization Thereof Type: Research Project

Physical structures must comply with a large number of building-related standards beyond urban planning regulations and the building code. The project group suggested that the regulatory methods be improved to make it easier for architects and builders to find their way …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: September 2000 – February 2003

Ownership Promotion in Social Welfare Housing – Aid Practice, Reaching the Target Group, Prospects Type: Research Project

An analysis of aid practice amongst German states shows how social welfare housing, combined with the homeowners allowance, can help “threshold households” to form wealth.Project duration: December 2001 – January 2003

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2001 – January 2003

Financing Models for Sustainable Regional Development Type: Research Project

Projects for sustainable regional development are very complex, both in terms of organization and of content. Their execution requires innovative financing models such as those initiated in selected regions in the course of this project.
Project duration: October 2000 - …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: October 2000 – December 2002

EU Influence on Urban Planning Legislation Type: Research Project

At the second international PlanNet Europe conference experts from the EU Member States discussed the status of the EU Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive in national urban planning legislation from a legal and practical point of view.
Project duration: May …

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

Alterations in Settlement Structures on the Outskirts of Conurbations Type: Research Project

This project discusses strategies for the development of a sustainable regional settlement structure on the basis of empirical research into the spatial development of the population, the workplace and development land in Germany’s conurbations in the 1980s and 90s.

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2000 – November 2002

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