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
- 2006
- Published
Wellness as a Hybrid Phenomenon
Saretzki, A., Sonnenberg, G. & Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 221-231 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zeugnisse zur Wasserversorgung in Lüneburg - zwischen Abriss und Umnutzung
Pries, M., 2006, Türme, Schornsteine, Industrie-Mühlen, Land-Art: Bedeutung und Bewertung von Landmarken in der Kulturlandschaft . Nagel, F. N. (ed.). Hamburg, Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 121-148 28 p. (Kulturlandschaftsforschung und Industriearchäologie : Beiträge der Geographie ; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zur Wahrnehmung von Innovationen: soziale und kulturelle Aspekte
Wöhler, K., 2006, Innovationen im Tourismus: Wettbewerbsvorteile durch neue Ideen und Angebote. Pikkemaat, B., Peters, M. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 85-95 11 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom hafen zur city - Städtebauliche projekte im hamburger hafen
Priesk, M., 06.2006, In: Geographische Rundschau. 58, 6, p. 22-30 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2007
- Published
15 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie: Festschrift für Dr. Werner Budesheim
Pries, M. (Editor), 2007, Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Beziehungen zu Orten und Nicht-Orten
Wöhler, K., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 46-57 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Den Wegen auf der Spur - in der Autostadt: Parkstraße zeigt Straßenbautechniken von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit
Pez, P. & Völkening, C., 2007, Denk(t)räume Mobilität; : Bd. 2: Physik und Erdkunde. Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann, p. 68-73 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die BallinStadt: eine neue Attraktion in Hamburg?
Pries, M., 2007, In: Industrie-Kultur. 13, 4, p. 30 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by a inderdisciplinary project study: empirical work with students from Argentina
Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the future: Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. Kieferle, J. B. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). p. 717-723 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by an interdisciplinary project study empirical work with students in argentina
Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the Future. Kieferle, J. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, p. 717-723 7 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review