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
- 2009
ECE - Tod der Innenstädte?
Martin Pries (Speaker)
05.06.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Welt auf dem Papier: Wie der Grundschulatlas Niedersachsen zum Verstehen der räumlichen Umwelt beitragen kann
Martin Pries (Speaker)
05.03.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Industriekultur im Leinebergland: Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojektes
Martin Pries (Speaker)
04.03.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Der 11. September und seine Bedeutung für die Waterfront in Downtown Manhattan
Martin Pries (Speaker)
11.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
- 2008
Forschungskolloquium "Grenzenlos? Blicke auf den modernen Tourismus und die Tourismusforschung" 2008
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
16.12.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Study of digital morphing tools in the architectural design process
Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)
04.12.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Konstruktion von Tourismusräumen" - 2008
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
29.11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Der Fremdenverkehrsort ist tot; es lebe die Destination. Destination Building und Destination Branding als räumliche Konstruktionsprozesse
Anja Saretzki (Speaker)
28.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interdisziplinäre Tagung "Konstruktion von Tourismusräumen"
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
28.11.2008 → 29.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Das Leinebergland - Eine Region auf der Suche nach ihrer Identität
Martin Pries (Speaker)
11.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research