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. 2013
  2. Published

    Culture as Value Added Industry and as Embedded Life: Culture as Part of Touristic Products

    Wöhler, K., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 25-41 17 p.

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

  3. Published

    The Contestation of Culture: The Possibilities of Using Cultural Heritage as a Resource in Times of Crisis

    Saretzki, A. & Furnell, J., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 63-78 16 p.

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

  4. Published

    Destinationale Governance-Analyse

    Wöhler, K., 27.09.2013, Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete. Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 103-138 36 p.

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

  5. Published

    Governance im Diskurs: Kommunikative Steuerung von Destinationen

    Saretzki, A., 27.09.2013, Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete. Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 155-184 30 p.

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

  6. Published

    Governance statt Management oder: Management der Governance

    Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 27.09.2013, Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete. Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 35-62 28 p.

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

  7. Published

    Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete

    Saretzki, A. (Editor) & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 27.09.2013, Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 290 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Tourismus und Governance: Eine Einführung

    Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 27.09.2013, Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete. Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 3-16 14 p.

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

  9. 2014
  10. Published

    Conrad Wilhelm Hase und seine Bedeutung für das Bauen im ländlichen Raum

    Pries, M., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 95-108 14 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).

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

  11. Published

    Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg im Wandel der Baustile - eine Einleitung

    Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte. Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 7-12 6 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).

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

  12. Published

    Die Lüneburger Ziegelproduzenten der Neuzeit und ihre Bedeutung für das Stadtbild

    Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 109-126 18 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).

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