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. 2002
  2. Published

    Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz

    Pries, M., 2002, In: Geographische Rundschau. 54, 3, p. 4-11 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Marketing in der heutigen Gesellschaft

    Wöhler, K.-H., 2002, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 18 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  5. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Weniger Unfälle durch Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Verkehrsüberwachung

    Pez, P., 2002, In: Zeitschrift für Verkehrssicherheit. 48, 2, p. 58-64 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. 2003
  10. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    Virtualisierung von touristischen Räumen

    Wöhler, K., 2003, In: Tourismus-Journal. 7, 2, p. 237-250 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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