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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Klima - Verkehr(t)? geographische und mediale Überlegungen zu einem nicht nur schulaktuellen Thema
Pez, P., 2008, Denk(t)räume Mobilität: Praxisprojekte zum fächerübergreifenden Lernen: Bd. 3: Erdkunde und Deutsch. Schneider, M. & Clement, R. (eds.). Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann, p. 16-21 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Kunde als Innovationsquelle
Wöhler, K., 2005, Erfolg durch Innovation: Perspektiven für den Tourismus- und Dienstleistungssektor. Pechlaner, H., Tschurtschenthaler, P., Peters, M., Pikkemaat, B. & Fuchs, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, p. 243-259 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ortsumfahrungen Patent- oder Scheinlösung? Entwicklung eines neuen Beurteilungsansatzes
Pez, P., 2005, In: Raumplanung. 119, p. 87-92 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wellness as a Hybrid Phenomenon
Saretzki, A., Sonnenberg, G. & Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 221-231 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Trends Towards Pure Leisure: Leisure as Ritual Performance
Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 187-193 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kulturlandschaft – Neu entdeckt für den Geographieunterricht
Pries, M., 2009, Kulturlandschaften in Geographie und Raumplanung: Eine Handreichung - nicht nur - für den Geographie-Unterricht. A. F. R. U. L. & V. D. S. E. V. (eds.). Bretten: Eigenverlag des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen, p. 5 - 6 2 p. (Schriftenreihe des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen e.V.; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Großdeutscher" Kulturraum: Verrräumlichung volksdeutschen Denkens
Wöhler, K., 2009, Die Kultur der 30er und 40er Jahre. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 27-42 16 p. (Kulturgeschichte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Architekturästhetische Stadtwahrnehmung als eine Ästhetik der kulturellen Differenz
Lehmann, K., 2010, Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag (DWV). 410 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Das Alte Werk Melbeck/Embsen: 55 Jahre Industriegeschichte im Süden Lüneburgs
Arendt, S. & Seidel, A., 2010, Melbeck: Samtgemeinde Ilmenau. 156 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer