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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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/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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"... 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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die westliche Altstadt Lüneburgs ... und sie bewegt sich doch
Pries, M., 2013, In: Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851. 45, p. 23-40 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review