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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Fit für einen umweltverträglichen Urlaub? Umwelteinstellungen von Fitness-Studio-Besuchern
Wöhler, K., 1997, In: Psychosozial. 20, 3, p. 49-55 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Formen und Konstruktionsweisen von Tourismusräumen
Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V., 2010, Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens. Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 11-19 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Freizeit
Wöhler, K., 2008, Lexikon Tourismus: Destinationen, Gastronomie, Hotellerie, Reisemittler, Reiseveranstalter, Verkehrsträger. Fuchs, W., Mundt, J. W. & Zollondz, H.-D. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl, p. 282-285 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Freizeit
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. 220-225 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Freizeitbildung oder Freizeitmanagement? Zur Ökonomisierung einer postmodernen Integrationsmechanismus
Wöhler, K., 1997, In: Spektrum Freizeit. Forum für Wissenschaft, Politik & Praxis. 19, 1/2, p. 101-117 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Garnisionsstädte und Konversionsfolgen
Pez, P. & Sachs, K., 2002, Nationalatlas Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Bd. 5: Dörfer und Städte. Friedrich, K., Hahn, B., Popp, H. & Mayr, A. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 104-105 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Gentrifizierung und Touristifizierung in der Hamburger Sternschanze: Ein Stadtviertel zwischen Protest und neoliberaler Verwertungslogik
Kirschner, U. (Editor) & Saretzki, A. (Editor), 10.08.2023, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 327 p. (Urban Studies )Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Geographie des Arbeit: Plädoyer für ein disziplinübergreifendes Forschungsprogramm
Berndt, C. & Fuchs, M., 2002, In: Geographische Zeitschrift. 90, 3-4, p. 157-166 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gesund durch Gesundheitstourismus? Strategische Herausforderungen und Anforderungen an Tourismusdestinationen
Wöhler, K., 2008, Handbuch Gesundheitstourismus: Grundlagen in Gesundheit, Freizeit und Tourismus. Fischer, T. & Schulz, A. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 67-88 22 p. (Schriften zur Bildungs- und Freizeitwissenschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Globalisierung, Dependenzen und Abkopplungen: Zur Verursachung von Armut in Mexico
Fuchs, M., 10.2003, In: Geographische Rundschau. 55, 10, p. 20-25 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review