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. Published

    Auf dem (schwierigen) Weg zu einer Tourismuswissenschaft

    Wöhler, K., 1997, In: Tourismus-Journal. 1, 1, p. 4-10 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Auf dem Weg zur neuen globalen Kompetenzaufteilung? Zur Internationalisierung von Entwicklung und Konstruktion in der deutschen Automobilzulieferung

    Fuchs, M., 01.01.2003, In: Erdkunde. 57, 1, p. 55-66 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Aufhebung von Raum und Zeit: Realitätsverlust, Wirklichkeitskonstruktion und Inkorporation von Reisebildern

    Wöhler, K., 2001, Reisebilder: Produktion und Reproduktion touristischer Wahrnehmung. Köck, C. (ed.). Waxmann Verlag, p. 79-88 10 p. (Münchner Universitätsschriften: Münchner Beiträge zur Volkskunde; vol. 29).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    Auf in den Ferienpark! eine Freizeitlandschaft unter der Lupe (Beispiel Schloss Dankern, England)

    Pez, P., 2008, In: Geographie heute. 29, 257, p. 42-45 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Between political protest and tourism gentrification: Impacts of New Urban Tourism in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel

    Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 22.07.2021, The Power of New Urban Tourism: Spaces, Representations and Contestations. Ba, C., Frank, S., Müller, C., Raschke, A. L., Wellner, K. & Zecher, A. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 131-146 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Beyond Urban Challenges-Virtual Reality Tools in Participatory Design Processes: How Information and Communication Technologies are Used within Participatory Design Processes to Shape Urban Space

    Hilmer, L., 11.08.2024, Exploratory Papers and Workshops. D'Andrea, V., de Paula, R. A., Rodil, K., Lamas, D., Goagoses, N., Kambunga, A. P., Tan Yong Wen, D., Del Gaudio, C., Jensen, M. Y., Winschiers-Theophilus, H. & Zaman, T. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 81-86 6 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Beziehungen zu Orten und Nicht-Orten

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 46-57 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Billig-standardisiert und hochwertig spezialisiert: Tourismusangebote als Widerspiegelung des veränderten Verbraucherverhaltens

    Wöhler, K.-H., 2004, Tourismuspolitik im neuen Jahrtausend: Strukturwandel, neue Trends und Strategie. Atabay, S. (ed.). Istanbul: Technische Universität Yildiz, p. 2-18 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  9. Published

    "Buten un binnen - wagen un winnen": Geographie erleben in Bremen und umzu ; Exkursionsführer zum 30. Schulgeographentag in Bremen 2006

    Pries, M. (Editor), 2006, 1. ed. Bremen: Universität Bremen. 170 p. (Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung; vol. 43)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  10. Published

    Collaborative Filmmaking: Extending the Modes of Working Together by a Digital Platform

    Kirschner, U. & Kohler, M., 28.10.2021, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 18th International Conference, CDVE 2021, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 160-171 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12983 LNCS).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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