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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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Partizipation bitte: eine Bürgerversammlung zu Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen simulieren
Pez, P., 2010, In: Geographie heute. 31, 279, p. 16-17 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research