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

    Verkehr im ländlichen Raum

    Pez, P., 2001, Nationalatlas Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Bd. 9: Verkehr und Kommunikation. Deiters, J. & Mayr, A. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 72-73 2 p.

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

  2. Published
  3. Published

    Verkehrsentwicklungsplan (VEP), Umsatzentwicklung und die Interessen der Stadt: Erste empirische Ergebnisse aus der Sicht des Transaktionskostenansatzes

    Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 1997, "Autofreie" Innenstädte: Gefahr oder Chance für den Handel? : Teil B Nürnberg, Lüneburg, Marburg. Monheim, R. (ed.). Bayreuth: Institut für Geowissenschaften der Universität Bayreuth, Abteilung Angewandte Stadtgeographie, Vol. B. p. 109-133 25 p. (Arbeitsmaterialien zur Raumordnung und Raumplanung; vol. 134).

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

  4. Published

    Verkehrsplanung

    Pez, P., 2020, Geographische Handelsforschung. Neiberger, C. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 157-167 11 p. 14

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Verkehrswachstum und Modal Split

    Pez, P., 2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 494-502 9 p.

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

  6. Published

    Verkehrswissenschaftliche Arbeiten 12: Modal-Split-Verkehrszählung im Stadtbereich Lüneburgs Juni 2021

    Pez, P., 06.2022, 43 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Verkehr/Verkehrsinfrastruktur

    Pez, P., 2004, Niedersachsen-Lexikon. Hoffmann, P. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Virtualisierung von touristischen Räumen

    Wöhler, K., 2003, In: Tourismus-Journal. 7, 2, p. 237-250 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Vom hafen zur city - Städtebauliche projekte im hamburger hafen

    Priesk, M., 06.2006, In: Geographische Rundschau. 58, 6, p. 22-30 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Vom Schreiben und Lesen der Stadt: LiteraTouristische Erkundigungen des Urbanen

    Saretzki, A., 01.2015, Tourismus und mobile Freizeit: Lebensformen, Trends, Herausforderungen. Egger, R. & Luger, K. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 259-279 21 p.

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