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

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    Mit dem Rad zur Schule, aber wo und wie? Von der Regelkunde zur Verkehrsraumanalyse

    Pez, P., 2013, In: Grundschule Sachunterricht. Nr. 58, 2. Quartal 2013, p. 19-24 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Raum existiert nur im Raum

    Wöhler, K., 2013, In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik. 24, D.1, p. 70-73 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Senkungen als Folge der Rohstoffförderung in Lüneburg

    Pries, M., 2013, In: Siedlungsforschung. 30, p. 179-189 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Stadtverkehrsrevolution Pedelec: Ergebnisse eines Reisezeitexperimentes in Lüneburg

    Koch, F. & Pez, P., 2013, In: Raumplanung. 167, 3, p. 51-55 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Bologna Reform: Experiences with the transition to Bachelor's and Master's Programs in Germany and at the Leuphana University

    Pez, P. & Reuther, H., 2013, Didaktik Aspekte interkultureller Kommunikation in der Bildung: Theorie und Praxis. Udmurtskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Vol. 1. p. 48-58 11 p.

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

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    The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"! Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language

    Kirschner, U., 2013, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 10th International Conference, CDVE 2013, Proceedings: 10th Internation Conference, CDVE 2013, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain, September 2013, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer Verlag, p. 35-42 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8091 LNCS).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Vorwort

    Pries, M., 2013, Kreativwirtschaft in Hamburg: Raumbedürfnisse und Raumangebote am Beispiel der Themenimmobilie Karostar und des Oberhafens. Pries, M. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 6 1 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 1).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

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    World Heritage Tourism and Cultural Dialogue: The World Heritage Site of Ambohimanga (Madagascar) as a Transdifferential Space

    Saretzki, A. & May, C., 01.2013, Tourism in the Global South: Heritages, Identities and Development. Sarmento, J. & Brito-Henriques, E. (eds.). Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, p. 45-64 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Literary Trails: A Chance for Heritage or just the Disneyfication of Cityscapes ?

    Saretzki, A., 02.2013, Tourism, Roads and Cultural Itineraries: Meaning, Memory and Development. Bourdeau, L., Marcotte, P. & Saidi, M. H. (eds.). Presses de l'Université Laval, Vol. 2. p. 276-286 11 p.

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