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

    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 anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    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 anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Landschaften im Wandel

    Pries, M. (Editor), 2008, Seelze: Friedrich Verlag GmbH. 48 p. (Geographie heute; no. 257/2008)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  7. Published

    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/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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