In the Research Area Spatial Information and Modelling, data-intensive and data-integrating approaches are developed and used to record, describe, and evaluate status quo and trends in settlement and open space development as well as processes of sustainability transformation on a multiscale and high-resolution basis. Based on this, projections and scenarios using geomodeling and (geo)simulation methods are developed. In the context of knowledge transfer and networking, the established "Monitor of Settlement and Open Space Development" will be developed into a research data centre and operated as part of a national (NFDI) and European (EOSC) research data infrastructure.
Our central research questions are: