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
- 2002
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Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz
Pries, M., 2002, In: Geographische Rundschau. 54, 3, p. 4-11 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Marketing in der heutigen Gesellschaft
Wöhler, K.-H., 2002, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 18 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Netzwerkbildung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen: Von der Konkurrenz zur Kooperation in Tourismusregionen
Wöhler, K., 2002, Tegernseer Tourismus Tage 2000: Proceedings. Schmude, J. (ed.). Regensburg: Lehrstuhl für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie der Universität Regensburg, p. 95-102 8 p. (Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsgeographie Regensburg; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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New York und die Ereignisse des 11. Septembers 2001
Pries, M., 2002, In: Geographische Rundschau. 54, 1, p. 61-64 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Städtetourismus - Touristenstädte
Pez, P., 2002, Nationalatlas Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Bd. 5: Dörfer und Städte. Friedrich, K., Hahn, B., Popp, H. & Mayr, A. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 100-101 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Topophilie: Affektive Raumbindung und raumbezogene Identitätsbildung
Wöhler, K., 2002, Liebe als Kulturmedium. Faulstich, W. & Glasenapp, J. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Weniger Unfälle durch Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Verkehrsüberwachung
Pez, P., 2002, In: Zeitschrift für Verkehrssicherheit. 48, 2, p. 58-64 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- 2003
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Kulturstadt versus Stadtkultur: Zur räumlichen Touristifizierung des Alltagsfremden
Wöhler, K., 2003, KulturStädteTourismus. Bachleitner, R. & Kagelmann, H. J. (eds.). 1 ed. München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 21-34 14 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Pädagogik der Freizeit & Tourismus
Wöhler, K., 2003, Pädagogik der Freizeit. Popp, R. & Schwab, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 177-194 18 p. (Basiswissen Pädagogik: Pädagogische Arbeitsfelder; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Virtualisierung von touristischen Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2003, In: Tourismus-Journal. 7, 2, p. 237-250 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research