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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Tourismuspolitik
Wöhler, K., 01.2015, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Bergmann, J. (ed.). 5. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 927-931 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens
Wöhler, K. (Editor), Pott, A. (Editor) & Denzer, V. (Editor), 2010, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 320 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Tourismusräume: Virtualisierung des Realen - Realisierung des Virtuellen
Wöhler, K., 05.03.2010, Topologien des Reisens: Tourismus - Imagination - Migration. Karentzos, A., Kittner, A.-E. & Reuter, J. (eds.). Trier: Universitätsbibliothek Trier, p. 150-163 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Tourismus, Tourismuswissenschaft und Tourismuswissen im Spannungsfeld der Disziplinen
Wöhler, K., 2017, Tourismus und Wissenschaft: Wirtschaftliche, politische und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven. Pechlaner, H. & Zehrer, A. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 77-108 32 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 21).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Tourismus und Governance: Eine Einführung
Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 27.09.2013, Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete. Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 3-16 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Tourismus und Nachhaltigkeit
Wöhler, K., 16.11.2001, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 51, 47, p. 40-46 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Tourismuswissenschaft
Wöhler, K., 2008, Lexikon Tourismus: Destinationen, Gastronomie, Hotellerie, Reisemittler, Reiseveranstalter, Verkehrsträger. Fuchs, W., Mundt, J. W. & Zollondz, H.-D. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl, p. 708-712 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Tourismuswissenschaft
Wöhler, K., 2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 1088-1094 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Touristifizierung von Räumen: Kulturwissenschaftliche und soziologische Studien zur Konstruktion von Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2011, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 278 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Touristische Netzwerke als Chance und Herausforderung
Saretzki, A., 2007, Tourismus:Herausforderung:Zukunft. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 275-293 19 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Tourismusforschung – Salzburg; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research