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

    Umweltverträglicher Tourismus: Grundlagen - Konzeption - Marketing

    Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 1999, Limburgerhof: FBV Medien-Verlags GmbH . 168 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Ferntourismus wohin? Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont

    Luger, K. (Editor), Wöhler, K. (Editor) & Baumgartner, C., 2004, Innsbruck/Wien/München/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 506 p. (Tourismus – transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 8)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Die Nordchemie in Melbeck/Embsen

    Seidel, A., 2010, In: Industrie-Kultur. 16, 4, p. 28-29 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Das Forschungsprojekt "Die wirtschaftlich-kulturelle Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg": Eine Förderinitiative der VolkswagenStiftung

    Herdeg, U., Grader, C., Ring, E. & Seidel, A., 2010, Denkmalpflege in Lüneburg 2010. Ring, E. (ed.). Lüneburg: Lüneburger Stadtarchäologie, p. 79-86 8 p.

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

  5. Published

    Aesthetic Design of Masonry Arch Bridges

    Ohler, A. & Kirschner, U., 2010, Proceedings of the Eight International Masonry Conference 2010. Jäger, W., Haseltine, B. & Fried, A. (eds.). The Masonry Society, p. 383-392 9 p. (Masonry : Proceedings of the British Masonry Society; vol. 11).

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

  6. Published

    Zur psychischen, informationellen und emotionalen Einbindung des Kunden in den Dienstleistungsprozess von Wellnesseinrichtungen

    Wöhler, K., 2011, Qualitätsmanagement in Wellnesseinrichtungen: Erfolg durch Kundenorientierung und hohe Standards. Krczal, A., Krczal, E. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 127-140 14 p.

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

  7. Published

    Räume der Kultur - Kulturräume

    Wöhler, K., 2011, Die Kultur des 20. Jahrhunderts im Überblick. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 143-171 29 p. (Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts).

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

  8. Published

    Touristifizierung von Räumen: Kulturwissenschaftliche und soziologische Studien zur Konstruktion von Räumen

    Wöhler, K., 2011, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 278 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  9. Published

    Tourismusräume: Virtualisierung des Realen - Realisierung des Virtuellen

    Wöhler, K., 05.03.2010, Topologien des Reisens: Tourismus - Imagination - Migration. Karentzos, A., Kittner, A.-E. & Reuter, J. (eds.). Trier: Universitätsbibliothek Trier, p. 150-163 14 p.

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

  10. Published

    Potenzialität des kulturellen Erbes: Es spricht zu uns

    Wöhler, K., 2009, Erb.gut? Kulturelles Erbe in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft: Referate der 25. Österreichischen Volkskundetagung vom 14.-17.11.2007 in Innsbruck. Berger, K. C., Schindler, M. & Schneider, I. (eds.). Selbstverlag des Vereins für Volkskunde, p. 461-468 8 p. (Buchreihe der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Volkskunde. Neue Serie; vol. 23).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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  2. Deepening or losing trust: towards partnerships between refugee parents and educators in early childhood education and care in Germany
  3. Integrating sense of place in planning and management of multifunctional river landscapes: experiences from five European case studies
  4. Geochemical Assessment of Sediment Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Ennore Creek, North of Chennai, SE Coast of India.
  5. Law and authority in British legal history, 1200–1900, edited by Mark Godfrey,Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-107-12227-7
  6. Analysis of nutrition-relevant trace elements in human blood and serum by means of total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectroscopy
  7. Gelingens- und Misslingensfaktoren bei Projekten zur systematischen Förderung der Lehrergesundheit: Erfahrungen aus einem Modellprojekt
  8. „See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me“: Definitionen, Verhältnisbeschreibungen und Anwendungsempfehlungen zwischen Musik, Gefühlen und Pädagogik.
  9. Deal or no deal? How round vs precise percentage offers and price-ending mimicry affect impasse risk in over 25 million eBay negotiations
  10. The distribution of self-reported psychotic-like experiences in non-psychotic help-seeking mental health patients in the general population
  11. Investitionen junger Unternehmen - Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung der Investitionsmuster deutscher Unternehmensgründungen
  12. Summer temperatures from the Middle Pleistocene site Schöningen 13 II, northern Germany, determined from subfossil chironomid assemblages
  13. Risk or Resilience? The Role of Trade Integration and Foreign Ownership for the Survival of German Enterprises during the Crisis 2008-2010
  14. Fatty acid feedstock preparation and lactic acid production as integrated processes in mixed restaurant food and bakery wastes treatment