Institute of Urban and Cultural Area Research
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Institute for Urban and Cultural Area Research is part of the School of Culture and Society at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. It is divided into the departments of Building Culture, Cultural Geography and Tourism Studies.
Main research areas
Department Cultural Geography
In the Department of Cultural Geography, the question of the relation to space plays a major role. From this geographical perspective, cultural landscape research is conducted, also in the historical-geographical sense. Not only from a historical perspective urban spaces are examined in urban-geographical contexts. Further focal points are geographic transport research and economic-geographic issues.
An overview of the fields of research:
- Transport Geography
- Economic Geography
- City Geography
- (Historical) Cultural Landscape Research
Department of Building Culture
Overview of the research fields:
- Digital and haptic architecture models
- Computer integration in the creative planning process
- Revitalization - Cultural heritage
- Perception of city and space
Department of Tourism Studies
The research of the Department of Tourism Studies covers the following areas:
- Travel/holidays as leisure activity and appropriation of space
- Leisure as a late-modern phenomenon
- Touristification of rooms
- Control of destination tourism areas
- Travel behavior and security
- Tourism marketing/-management
- Room consumption
Vom Hafen zur City - Städtebauliche Projekte im Hamburger Hafen
Pries, M. (Speaker)
09.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vom Schreiben und Lesen der Stadt. LiteraTouristische Erkundigungen des Urbanen
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
28.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Was wollen die Touristiker mit dem Pilgerweg
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
08.02.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Waterfront-Cities
Pries, M. (Speaker)
16.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Weihnachts-Shopping - Ja! Aber wo? Einkaufzentrum gegen Innenstadt
Pries, M. (Lecturer)
15.12.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wellness as a Hybrid Phenomenon
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
11.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Welterbetourismus zwischen lokalem Erbe und globaler Vermarktung
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
26.04.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Welt- und Selbsterschließung im Modus des Reisens
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
26.04.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie aus Konkurrenten Partner werden und erfolgreich sind: kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
25.10.2000Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Wie Studierende mit digitalen Daten die Verkehrswende vor Ort unterstützen
Seidel, A. (Speaker)
17.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research