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

    Ostseehäfen in Dänemark und Deutschland: Gibt es eine "Rezeptologie" der Waterfront Revitalisation?

    Pries, M., 2015, Europäische Hafenquartiere: zwischen Dornröschenschlaf, Industriekultur und Zukunftsvisionen; Deutschland, Dänemark, United Kingdom. Nagel, F. N. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 96-120 25 p. (Kulturlandschaftsforschung und Industriearchäologie. Beiträge der Geographie; vol. 5).

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

  2. Published

    Ottensen - ein Hamburger Stadtteil als städtische Kreativwerkstatt

    Pries, M., 2014, Die Anpassungsfähigkeit von Städten: Zwischen Resilienz, Krisenreaktion und Zukunftsorientierung. Altrock, U., Huning, S., Kuder, T. & Nuissl, H. (eds.). Berlin: Altrock, p. 271-284 14 p. (Planungsrundschau; no. 22).

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

  3. Published

    Pädagogik der Freizeit & Tourismus

    Wöhler, K., 2003, Pädagogik der Freizeit. Popp, R. & Schwab, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 177-194 18 p. (Basiswissen Pädagogik: Pädagogische Arbeitsfelder; vol. 6).

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

  4. Published

    Partizipation bitte: eine Bürgerversammlung zu Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen simulieren

    Pez, P., 2010, In: Geographie heute. 31, 279, p. 16-17 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    PDC Place Germany: Participatory Design in Cities

    Hilmer, L., 19.08.2022, PDC 2022 Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design - Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference: Volime 2: Exploratory Papers, Workshops, Places, Situated Actions and Doctoral Colloquium. Vlachokyriakos, V., Yee, J., Frauenberger, C., Hurtado, M. D., Hansen, N., Strohmayer, A., Van Zyl, I., Dearden, A., Talhouk, R., Gatehouse, C., Leishman, D., Agid, S., Sciannamblo, M., Taylor, J., Botero, A., Del Gaudio, C., Akama, Y., Clarke, R. & Vines, J. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 267-268 2 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. 2).

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

  6. Published

    Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment

    Kirschner, U., 2014, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, Vol. 8683. p. 183-190 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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

  7. Published

    Personalmanagement im Tourismus: Konzepte und Strategien

    Weiermair, K. & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 1998, 1. ed. Limburgerhof: FBV Medien-Verlags GmbH . 302 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Perspektiven der Tourismusforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum

    Wöhler, K., 2000, Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft 2000/ 2001 . Bieger, T. & Laesser, C. (eds.). Institut für Tourismus und Verkehrswirtschaft an der Universität St. Gallen, Vol. 13. p. 1-22 22 p. (Jahrbuch der schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft).

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

  9. Published

    Pflege der Negation: Zur Produktion negativer Räume als Reiseauslöser

    Wöhler, K., 2000, Gesund durch Erleben ?: Beiträge zur Erforschung der Tourismusgesellschaft. Keul, A. G., Bachleitner, R. & Kagelmann, H. J. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 29-37 9 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 8).

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

  10. Published

    Pilgern und Pilgerwege: tourismus- und kulturwissenschaftliche Dimensionen

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Pilgerweg Loccum-Volkenroda zwischen Kirche, Kultur und Tourismus: Auf dem Weg zu einem gemeinsamen Leitbild. Laube, M. (ed.). Evangelische Akademie Loccum, p. 25-70 46 p. ( Loccumer Protokolle; vol. 29/07).

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

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