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
- 2005
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Entfernung, Entfernen und Verorten
Wöhler, K., 2005, Booked emotions: Tourism between localization and de-localization. Spode, H. & Ziehe, I. (eds.). Profil Verlag, p. 121-134 14 p. (Voyage. Jahrbuch für Reise- und Tourismusforschung; vol. 7)(Kleine Schriften der Freunde des Museums Europäischer Kulturen (Berlin); vol. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten
Wöhler, K. (Editor), 2005, Münster: LIT Verlag. 216 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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New York und der 11. September - drei Jahre danach
Pries, M., 2005, In: Geographische Rundschau. 57, 1, p. 4-12 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ökonomisierung der Freizeit
Wöhler, K., 2005, Zukunft - Freizeit - Wissenschaft. Popp, R. (ed.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 559-570 12 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Zukunftsstudien – Salzburg; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ortsumfahrungen Patent- oder Scheinlösung? Entwicklung eines neuen Beurteilungsansatzes
Pez, P., 2005, In: Raumplanung. 119, p. 87-92 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Topographie des Erlebens: Zur Verortung touristischer Erlebniswelten
Wöhler, K., 2005, Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten. Wöhler, K. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 17-28 12 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Tourismuspolitik
Wöhler, K., 2005, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Mickel, W. W. & Bergmann, J. M. (eds.). 3. überarb. u. erw. ed. Stuttgart: OMNIA-Verlag, p. 715-718 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Verkehrswachstum und Modal Split
Pez, P., 2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 494-502 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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New York City und der 11. September - Drei Jahre danach
Pries, M., 01.2005, In: Geographische Rundschau. 57, 1, p. 4-13 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Marktvergesellschaftung: Marktsoziologie als Marketingsoziologie
Wöhler, K., 04.2005, Bräuche im Salzburger Land: Zeitgeist – Lebenskonzepte – Rituale – Trends - Alternativen. Luidold, L. & Kammerhofer-Aggermann, U. (eds.). Salzburg: Landesverband Salzburger Volkskultur, Vol. 3: In Familie und Gesellschaft. (Salzburger Beiträge zur Volkskunde; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research