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

    Dienstleistungsgesellschaft

    Wöhler, K., 11.2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). 1. ed. Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 279-284 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  2. Published

    Die vermarktete Stadt: Städtisches Kulturerbe aus marketingtheoretischer Sicht

    Saretzki, A., 2016, In: Informationen zur modernen Stadtgeschichte. 2016, 1, p. 66-74 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Die vielfältige Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ein interdisziplinäres Projekt

    Grader, C., Ring, E. & Seidel, A., 02.03.2016, Lüneburg: Museum Lüneburg. 144 p. (Beiträge aus dem Museum Lüneburg; vol. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    "... die vom Eisenwerk, das sind ja Bratenfresser ..."

    Pries, M., 2000, Lohbrügge: Bd. 2: Felder und Fabriken. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 104-106 3 p.

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

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  6. Published

    Die Zeit des Tourismus

    Wöhler, K., 01.2015, Tourismus und mobile Freizeit: Lebensformen, Trends, Herausforderung. Egger, R. & Luger, K. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 157-176 20 p.

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

  7. Published

    Die Ziegeleien in Sande und Lohbrügge

    Pries, M., 2000, Lohbrügge: Bd. 2: Felder und Fabriken. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 84-93 10 p.

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

  8. Published

    Digital Design Strategies

    Kirschner, U. & Schneider, S., 2020, Atlas of Digital Architecture: Terminology, Concepts, Methods, Tools, Examples, Phenomena. Hovestadt, L., Hirschberg, U. & Fritz, O. (eds.). Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, p. 111-127 17 p.

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

  9. Published

    Digital Media Facades for Lively Public Spaces: Promoting Dialogue, Participation and Social Innovation in Urban Environments

    Albrecht, A., 2015, Making Cities Liveable Conference 2015: Pullman Melbourne on the Park, Melbourne; Conference Proceedings, Peer Reviewed . Association for Sustainability in Business Inc. , p. 4-19 16 p.

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

  10. Published

    Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by a inderdisciplinary project study: empirical work with students from Argentina

    Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the future: Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. Kieferle, J. B. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). p. 717-723 7 p.

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

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