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
- 2014
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Ottensen - ein Hamburger Stadtteil als städtische Kreativwerkstatt
Pries, M., 2014, Die Anpassungsfähigkeit von Städten: Zwischen Resilienz, Krisenreaktion und Zukunftsorientierung. Altrock, U., Huning, S., Kuder, T. & Nuissl, H. (eds.). Berlin: Altrock, p. 271-284 14 p. (Planungsrundschau; no. 22).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment
Kirschner, U., 2014, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, Vol. 8683. p. 183-190 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Vorwort
Pries, M. & Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge- Entwicklungslinien - Technikgeschichte. Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 6 1 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Literary Trails, Urban Space and the Actualization of Heritage
Saretzki, A., 01.2014, In: Almatourism – Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development. 4, 8, p. 61-77 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unterwegssein und die Fraglichkeit des Bleibens
Wöhler, K., 12.2014, In: Powision. 8, 16, p. 48-50 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- 2015
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Digital Media Facades for Lively Public Spaces: Promoting Dialogue, Participation and Social Innovation in Urban Environments
Albrecht, A., 2015, Making Cities Liveable Conference 2015: Pullman Melbourne on the Park, Melbourne; Conference Proceedings, Peer Reviewed . Association for Sustainability in Business Inc. , p. 4-19 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen
Luger, K. (Editor) & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 2015, Broschürte Neuauflage ed. Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 416 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Ostseehäfen in Dänemark und Deutschland: Gibt es eine "Rezeptologie" der Waterfront Revitalisation?
Pries, M., 2015, Europäische Hafenquartiere: zwischen Dornröschenschlaf, Industriekultur und Zukunftsvisionen; Deutschland, Dänemark, United Kingdom. Nagel, F. N. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 96-120 25 p. (Kulturlandschaftsforschung und Industriearchäologie. Beiträge der Geographie; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Strukturen aufbrechen": Eine Prozessbegleitung in Hamburg Altona
Peickert, T. & Kirschner, U., 2015, Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung. Sommer, J. (ed.). Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Umweltstiftung, Vol. 1. p. 370 - 383 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Zeit des Tourismus
Wöhler, K., 01.2015, Tourismus und mobile Freizeit: Lebensformen, Trends, Herausforderung. Egger, R. & Luger, K. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 157-176 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research