Our Profession
Policy-relevant and practice-oriented innovative research and consulting on the central issues of spatial and transport development at urban and rural, regional, national and European level.
Our Competences
Spatial analysis, modeling, assessment tools and scenarios techniques. We develop and apply state-of-the-art methods of spatial analysis and simulation, location analysis, geographic information systems, forecast models and modern methods for visualising.
On behalf of the Ruhr Regional Association (Regionalverband Ruhr - RVR), S&W develops recommendations for the further development of the ruhrFIS monitoring system of pedestrian accessibility of services of general interest in the Ruhr ...
At the final event of the ESPON project "Interregional Relations in Europe" (IRiE), S&W and the project partners presented the results of the past two years to the public. The event took place in Pamplona (Spain) on November 24th and 25th, ...
On September 27, the final workshop of the MORO project "Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis in Border Regions" took place. The results of this study presented by S&W were discussed with experts from the BBSR and from various border regions. A publication of the results is in preparation.
This year's annual congress of the German Association of Transport Sciences (DVWG) took place on June 24, 2022 in the historic town hall of the City of Wuppertal and was themed "Make Mobility Sustainable and Suitable for Everyday Use". Under the title "Limits of Accessibility", Björn Schwarze and ...
In the MORO project "Effects of the COVID-19 crisis in border regions", workshops were held with actors from all border areas in Germany. The focus was on the consequences of the corona pandemic for the various border regions. As a result, qualitative case studies were derived, which are examined ...
Björn Schwarze is member of the newly established working group 1.1.3 Accessibility Planning of the German Road and Transportation Research Association (FGSV). Accessibility planning has great potential for planning practice to make mobility and land use more sustainable. The working group is ...
The Ruhr Regional Association (Regionalverband Ruhr - RVR) is the regional hub of 11 cities and four districts of the Ruhr area, with its five million inhabitants. One of the RVR's tasks is to observe and analyse spatial development. The data for spatial monitoring are documented and regularly ...
The Regional Association of Greater Brunswick (Bundesland Lower Saxony) covers the area of the urban districts of Brunswick, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg and the districts of Gifhorn, Goslar, Helmstedt, Peine and Wolfenbüttel with a total area of 5,090 square kilometres and 1.14 million inhabitants in ...
The Landkreis Holzminden (Bundesland Lower Saxony) comprises 70,000 inhabitants in 32 towns and municipalities. To support the district's tasks of regional development and planning, S&W applied a small-scale population and houdhold projection until the year 2040. The forecast updates the ...
The Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont is located in the south-west of the Bundesland Lower Saxony and has a population of about 150,000 in eight towns and municipalities. To support regional development and planning, S&W conducted a population and households forecast up to 2040 for the towns and ...
The Landkreis Schaumburg is located in the centre of the Bundesland Lower Saxony, west of Hanover. The district is divided into 38 towns and municipalities and has a population of around 160,000. To support regional development and planning, S&W has conducted a population and household forecast ...
The Landkreis Nienburg/Weser is located between Bremen and Hanover in the central Weser River region of the Bundesland Lower Saxony. The district has 36 towns and municipalities with a population of around 120,000. To support regional development and planning, S&W has prepared a population and ...
