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
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15 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie: Festschrift für Dr. Werner Budesheim
Pries, M. (Editor), 2007, Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Abhängigkeiten und Ausnützen von Verhaltensspielräumen: Zur Entwicklung von Anreizsystemen und Kooperationsbeziehungen in Arbeitsverhältnissen im Tourismus
Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 1998, Personalmanagement im Tourismus: Konzepte und Strategien. Weiermair, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Limburgerhof: FBV Medien-Verlags GmbH , p. 65-94 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Active Citizenship in the Planning Process: Information Management vs. Creative Participation
Kirschner, U., 2011, Cooperative design, visualization, and engineering: 8th international conference ; proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, p. 94-101 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6874 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Active Cityship in the planning process for the future plan "More Altona"
Kirschner, U., 2011, In: V!rus. 5, 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Aesthetic Design of Masonry Arch Bridges
Ohler, A. & Kirschner, U., 2010, Proceedings of the Eight International Masonry Conference 2010. Jäger, W., Haseltine, B. & Fried, A. (eds.). The Masonry Society, p. 383-392 9 p. (Masonry : Proceedings of the British Masonry Society; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Concepts in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project
Kirschner, U., 01.11.2017, SIGraDi 2017: XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Ibero-americana de Gráfica Digital. Ibaceta, M. R. (ed.). Blucher, p. 610-615 6 p. (Blucher Design Proceedings; vol. 3, no. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Architekturästhetische Stadtwahrnehmung als eine Ästhetik der kulturellen Differenz
Lehmann, K., 2010, Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag (DWV). 410 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Architektur Campus Leuphana: Online-Version des Architekturführers mit transcribierten Interviews
Kirschner, U. & Pries, M., 2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 186 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Atlas mit CD-ROM
Landwehr, B. & Pries, M., 2008, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett. 52 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Auch Langsamkeit findet Stadt: Tourismus und Touristen in Städten
Wöhler, K., 2011, Slow Tourism: Reisen zwischen Langsamkeit und Sinnlichkeit. Antz, C., Eisenstein, B. & Eilzer, C. (eds.). 1. ed. München: Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 175-200 26 p. (Schriftenreihe des IMT; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review