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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Population Dynamics in Medium-sized Towns – Interactive Town-portraits! Type: Research Project

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2020 – August 2022

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

Spatial impact assessment - Application of the Guidelines for Integrated Network Design (RIN) in the railway network traffic Type: Research Project

The research project had two objectives. First,the accessibility qualities in rail passenger transport had to be calculated by the method of RIN 2008 for all German centers in rail passenger transport (Metropolitan Regions (MR), Regional Centers (OR), Resource Centres …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2012 – August 2014

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and Port Development – Problem Analyses and Recommendations for Action Type: Research Project

In the course of globalization the cargo handling at German seaports has increased significantly. Studies promise a continuous growth in the future, despite the actual crisis. The growing freight activity causes conflicts of interests on economical, ecological and …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2007 – December 2009

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