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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Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen
Luger, K. (Editor) & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 2010, Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 416 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen
Luger, K. (Editor) & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 2015, Broschürte Neuauflage ed. Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 416 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Kulturlandschaft – Neu entdeckt für den Geographieunterricht
Pries, M., 2009, Kulturlandschaften in Geographie und Raumplanung: Eine Handreichung - nicht nur - für den Geographie-Unterricht. A. F. R. U. L. & V. D. S. E. V. (eds.). Bretten: Eigenverlag des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen, p. 5 - 6 2 p. (Schriftenreihe des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen e.V.; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kultur oder Kult-Tour? Zur touristischen Kulturalisierung von Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2001, Erfolgskonzepte im Tourismus: Marken – Kultur – Neue Geschäftsmodelle. Bieger, T., Pechlaner, H. & Steinecke, A. (eds.). Linde Verlag, p. 67-89 23 p. (Management und Unternehmenskultur. Schriftenreihe der Europäischen Akademie Bozen; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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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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Landschaften im Wandel
Pries, M. (Editor), 2008, Seelze: Friedrich Verlag GmbH. 48 p. (Geographie heute; no. 257/2008)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Landschaftserleben
Wöhler, K., 2008, Lexikon Tourismus: Destinationen, Gastronomie, Hotellerie, Reisemittler, Reiseveranstalter, Verkehrsträger. Fuchs, W., Mundt, J. W. & Zollondz, H.-D. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl, p. 431 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Landwirtschaft in den Niederlanden zwischen Marktorientierung und Umweltbelastung
Pez, P., 03.2018, In: Geographische Rundschau. 70, 3, p. 34-39 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Lernende Tourismusregionen: Vernetzung als strategischer Erfolgsfaktor kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen
Saretzki, A., Wilken, M. & Wöhler, K., 2002, Münster/Hamburg/London: LIT Verlag. 178 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Literary Trails: A Chance for Heritage or just the Disneyfication of Cityscapes ?
Saretzki, A., 02.2013, Tourism, Roads and Cultural Itineraries: Meaning, Memory and Development. Bourdeau, L., Marcotte, P. & Saidi, M. H. (eds.). Presses de l'Université Laval, Vol. 2. p. 276-286 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research