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

    Conrad Wilhelm Hase und seine Bedeutung für das Bauen im ländlichen Raum

    Pries, M., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 95-108 14 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).

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

  2. Published

    Culture as Value Added Industry and as Embedded Life: Culture as Part of Touristic Products

    Wöhler, K., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 25-41 17 p.

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

  3. Published

    Das Alte Werk Melbeck/Embsen: 55 Jahre Industriegeschichte im Süden Lüneburgs

    Arendt, S. & Seidel, A., 2010, Melbeck: Samtgemeinde Ilmenau. 156 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  4. Published

    Das Forschungsprojekt "Die wirtschaftlich-kulturelle Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg": Eine Förderinitiative der VolkswagenStiftung

    Herdeg, U., Grader, C., Ring, E. & Seidel, A., 2010, Denkmalpflege in Lüneburg 2010. Ring, E. (ed.). Lüneburg: Lüneburger Stadtarchäologie, p. 79-86 8 p.

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

  5. Published

    Das Gedächtnis eines Ortes: Das Kommunizieren, Speichern und Vergessen von Kulturerbe in Elx

    Saretzki, A., 2010, Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 237-249 13 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10).

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

  6. Published

    Das Pumpspeicherwerk in Geesthacht

    Pries, M., 2004, In: Industrie-Kultur. 1, p. 10 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Das topographische Datenbanksystem TOPSY.

    Staufenbiel, W., 1980, In: Nachrichten aus dem Karten - und Vermessungswesen, Reihe I: Originalbeiträge. 81, p. 101-110 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Den Wegen auf der Spur - in der Autostadt: Parkstraße zeigt Straßenbautechniken von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit

    Pez, P. & Völkening, C., 2007, Denk(t)räume Mobilität; : Bd. 2: Physik und Erdkunde. Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann, p. 68-73 6 p.

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

  9. Published

    Der digitale Raum als Vermittler zwischen Vision und Realität

    Kirschner, U., 2011, Augmented Reality: Mensch, Raum und Virtualität. Hemmerling, M. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 25-41 17 p. (PerceptionLab; vol. 1).

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

  10. Published

    Der Kunde als Innovationsquelle

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Erfolg durch Innovation: Perspektiven für den Tourismus- und Dienstleistungssektor. Pechlaner, H., Tschurtschenthaler, P., Peters, M., Pikkemaat, B. & Fuchs, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, p. 243-259 17 p.

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

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