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

    Welterbetourismus zwischen lokalem Erbe und globaler Vermarktung

    May, C. & Saretzki, A., 2010, Tourismus im Spannungsfeld von Polaritäten. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). LIT Verlag, p. 25-37 13 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe der FHS-Forschungsgesellschaft; vol. 2).

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

  2. Published

    Welterbe und Tourismus: Schützen und Nützen aus einer Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit

    Luger, K. (Editor) & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 2008, Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 454 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 9)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Welt- und Selbsterschließung im Modus des Reisens

    Wöhler, K., 2010, Tourismus im Spannungsfeld von Polaritäten. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 237-248 12 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe der FHS-Forschungsgesellschaft; vol. 2).

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

  4. Published

    Weniger Unfälle durch Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Verkehrsüberwachung

    Pez, P., 2002, In: Zeitschrift für Verkehrssicherheit. 48, 2, p. 58-64 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Wettbewerbssituation und Handlungsspielräume kleiner und mittlerer Tourismusunternehmen

    Wöhler, K., 1999, In: Tourismus-Journal. 3, 2, p. 205-229 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Wiederentdeckung der Downtown New York/Lower Manhattan

    Pries, M., 2001, In: Geographische Rundschau. 53, 1, p. 26-32 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Wieviel Umwelt braucht der Tourist?

    Saretzki, A., 2000, Gesund durch Erleben?: Beiträge zur Erforschung der Tourismusgesellschaft. Keul, A. G., Bachleitner, R. & Kagelmann, H. J. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 38-44 7 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 8).

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

  8. Published

    "Wir wissen nicht, was wir tun sollen" - Expertisierte Raumaneignung und -konstruktion

    Wöhler, K., 2010, Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens. Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 157-188 32 p.

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

  9. Published

    Woanders Zuhause

    Wöhler, K., 2010, Tourismus im Spannungsfeld von Polaritäten. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 249-258 10 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe der FHS-Forschungsgesellschaft; vol. 2).

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

  10. Published

    Wohin denn sonst: in den Süden! Musik und Reise(t)räume

    Wöhler, K., 2000, In: Musik und Unterricht. 11, 59, p. 4-7 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch