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

  1. 1998
  2. Published

    Präferenzen für die ökologischen Angebote im Tourismus

    Saretzki, A., 1998, Europäische Tourismus- und Freizeitforschung: Internationale Tagung. Zins, A. (ed.). Österreichische Gesellschaft für angewandte Fremdenverkehrswissenschaft , p. 15-34 20 p. (Tagungsberichte; vol. 6).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Sozialwissenschaftliche Tourismusforschung im vorparadigmatischen Zustand?

    Wöhler, K., 1998, Der durchschaute Tourist: Arbeiten zur Tourismusforschung. Bachleitner, R., Kagelmann, H. J. & Keul, A. G. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 29-36 8 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. 1999
  5. Published

    Kulturangebote zwischen Authentizität und Inszenierung: Kommt der raumlose Tourismus?

    Wöhler, K., 1999, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Materialien zur angewandten Tourismuswissenschaft; no. 28).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Sustainabilisierung des Tourismus: Zur Logik einer postmodernen Wachstumsstrategie

    Wöhler, K., 1999, Grenzenlose Gesellschaft – grenzenloser Tourismus?. Bachleitner, R. & Schimany, P. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 38-54 17 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Umweltverträglicher Tourismus: Grundlagen - Konzeption - Marketing

    Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 1999, Limburgerhof: FinanzBuch Verlag. 168 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Wettbewerbssituation und Handlungsspielräume kleiner und mittlerer Tourismusunternehmen

    Wöhler, K., 1999, In: Tourismus-Journal. 3, 2, p. 205-229 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. 2000
  10. Published

    Die Chelsea Piers in New York: neues Leben in alter Hülle

    Pries, M., 2000, In: Industrie-Kultur. 1, p. 14-15 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    "... die vom Eisenwerk, das sind ja Bratenfresser ..."

    Pries, M., 2000, Lohbrügge: Bd. 2: Felder und Fabriken. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 104-106 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    Die Ziegeleien in Sande und Lohbrügge

    Pries, M., 2000, Lohbrügge: Bd. 2: Felder und Fabriken. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 84-93 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  13. Published

    Konstruierte Raumbindungen: Kulturangebote zwischen Authentizität und Inszenierung

    Wöhler, K., 2000, In: Tourismus-Journal. 4, 1, p. 103-116 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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