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.
Topics
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
- 2006
Tagung "From the Old to the New Tourism: Managing Change in the Tourism Industry" - 2006
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
01.12.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Tourism Conference - 2006
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
21.11.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz
Martin Pries (Speaker)
28.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Poetic Water Images in Architecture
Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)
18.09.2006 → 20.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Großbritannien im Unterricht
Martin Pries (Speaker)
08.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Workshop: "Transfer of Tourism Knowledge and Tourism Results – Publishing Issues of the Future" - 2006
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
06.09.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Die Lüneburger Landwehr als Element der Kulturlandschaft
Martin Pries (Speaker)
22.08.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Physiogeographie des Exkursionsgebietes Elbtal
Martin Pries (Speaker)
09.06.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vom Hafen zur City - Städtebauliche Projekte im Hamburger Hafen
Martin Pries (Speaker)
09.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Planificación urbanistica de la ciudad portuaria de Hamburgo
Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)
20.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education