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

  1. 1999
  2. 5. Arbeitstagung der Kommission Tourismusforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde 1999

    Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)

    23.04.1999

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 1998
  4. Architecture, a Mathematical Science - Teaching Experimental CAAD: Proportions and Harmonies

    Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)

    26.09.1998

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (External organisation)

    Peter Pez (Executive member)

    1998

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  6. Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (External organisation)

    Peter Pez (Member)

    1998

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  7. 1996
  8. Teaching Experimental Design with CAAD

    Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)

    18.09.1996

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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