The aim of the publication „Die Stadt der Viertelstunde“ is to provide a comprehensive empirical approach to the 15-minute city in Germany from two closely related perspectives (spatial structural supply, realised demand) in order to subsequently derive recommendations for action. Three indicators were developed with which the degree of the 15-minute city was determined and analysed nationwide. For this purpose, a target system of fundamental dimensions of everyday needs (supplies, health, ...
Björn Schwarze and Klaus Spiekermann gave a presentation on the 15-Minute City at the CIPU Colloque on March 6, 2025. The CIPU (Cellule nationale d’Information pour la Politique Urbaine) is the ...
The project TuneTo15 explores the transfer of the 15-minute city to functional urban areas in the context of socio-spatial disparities and transition conflicts. The project is supported by the ...
On the occasion of this year's EXPO-REAL in Munich, Klaus Spiekermann presented results of the regional and accessibility analysis for the Aachen region to a high-ranking audience.
S&W is conducting a regional and accessibility analysis for the Aachen Region Association. The analytical focus is on securing skilled workers. Analytical subject areas of the regional portrait ...
S&W determines the current retail-specific catchment areas of the central places in Bavaria. Contracting body for the study is the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional ...
S&W was at the 2nd Federal Congress “Day of the Regions”, which took place in Pforzheim from 27th to 29th May 2024. Topic was “Area under pressure – solving conflicts of interest in a ...
On April 9, 2024, Klaus Spiekermann presented the results of the study "Accessibility of airports from border regions" at the parliamentary evening in the Jakob-Kaiser-Haus of the German Bundestag in ...
S&W is working on the research project “15-Minute City” in cooperation with the German Institute for Urban Studies (Difu) and the Research Office Prof. Scheiner (FBS). The project, which is ...
S&W is carrying out a cross-border analysis of the accessibility of airports for the Initiative Group Metropolitan Border Regions (IMeG). The accessibility of the main airports of Germany and ...
The regional association Region Leinebergland e.V. commissioned S&W to carry out a location analysis on spatial options for expanding an existing municipal medical care centre in order to secure ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The international final event of the Demonstration Project of Spatial Planning (MORO) "Towards an Establishment of a Spatial Monitoring System for Germany and Neighbouring Regions" took place on 14 ...
At the district council meeting of the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Björn Schwarze presented the results of the accessibility study on location options for relocating the ...
At the meeting of the planning committee of the Regional Planning Association Upper Franconia-West, Björn Schwarze presented the expertise conducted by S&W on the analysis of the provision of ...
At the constitutive meeting of the Regional Planning Association of Main-Rhön (Lower Franconia) on 7 July 2020, Björn Schwarze presented the results of the expertise on accessibility of services of ...
