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. The Contestation of Culture: The Possibilities of Using Cultural Heritage as a Resource in Times of Crisis

    Saretzki, A. & Furnell, J., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 63-78 16 p.

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

  2. The rediscovery of slowness, or leisure time as one's own and as self-aggrandizement?

    Wöhler, K., 2004, The tourism and leisure industry: Shaping the future. Weiermair, K. & Mathies, C. (eds.). Binghamton, NY [u.a.]: Haworth Hospitality Press, p. 83-92 10 p.

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

  3. The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"! Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language

    Kirschner, U., 2013, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 10th International Conference, CDVE 2013, Proceedings: 10th Internation Conference, CDVE 2013, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain, September 2013, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer Verlag, p. 35-42 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8091 LNCS).

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

  4. Topographie des Erlebens: Zur Verortung touristischer Erlebniswelten

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten. Wöhler, K. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 17-28 12 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5).

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

  5. Topophilie: Affektive Raumbindung und raumbezogene Identitätsbildung

    Wöhler, K., 2002, Liebe als Kulturmedium. Faulstich, W. & Glasenapp, J. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 151-169 19 p.

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

  6. Tourism management in a global and transnational perspective

    Wöhler, K., 2006, New perspectives and values in world tourism & tourism management in the future. Aktas, A., Kesgin, M., Cengiz, E. & Yenialp, E. (eds.). Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Alanya Faculty of Business, Vol. 1. p. 32-43 12 p.

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

  7. Tourismus auf den Spuren der Schatten des Windes: Vom Zusammenspiel medialer Bedeutungskonstruktion und performativer touristischer Praxen

    Saretzki, A., 03.2016, Websites & Sightseeing: Tourismus in Medienkulturen. Hahn, K. & Schmidl, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 205-253 49 p. (Medienkulturen im digitalen Zeitalter).

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  8. Tourismusmarketing

    Wöhler, K., 2001, Branchenspezifisches Marketing: Grundlagen – Besonderheiten – Gemeinsamkeiten. Tscheulin, D. K. & Helmig, B. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, p. 187-202 16 p.

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

  9. Tourismusmarketing - Begründung und Spezifika

    Wöhler, K.-H., 2000, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Materialien zur Angewandten Tourismuswissenschaft; no. 33).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Tourismus ohne Raum: Preise und Plätze als Reiseentscheidungsdeterminanten

    Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 1996, Der Tourismusmarkt von morgen: Zwischen Preispolitik und Kultkonsum. Steinecke, A. (ed.). Europäisches Tourismus Institut , p. 26-38 13 p. (ETI-Texte; vol. 10).

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