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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World Heritage Tourism and Cultural Dialogue: The World Heritage Site of Ambohimanga (Madagascar) as a Transdifferential Space
Saretzki, A. & May, C., 01.2013, Tourism in the Global South: Heritages, Identities and Development. Sarmento, J. & Brito-Henriques, E. (eds.). Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, p. 45-64 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Unterwegssein und die Fraglichkeit des Bleibens
Wöhler, K., 12.2014, In: Powision. 8, 16, p. 48-50 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment
Kirschner, U., 2014, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, Vol. 8683. p. 183-190 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Ottensen - ein Hamburger Stadtteil als städtische Kreativwerkstatt
Pries, M., 2014, Die Anpassungsfähigkeit von Städten: Zwischen Resilienz, Krisenreaktion und Zukunftsorientierung. Altrock, U., Huning, S., Kuder, T. & Nuissl, H. (eds.). Berlin: Altrock, p. 271-284 14 p. (Planungsrundschau; no. 22).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Conrad Wilhelm Hase und seine Bedeutung für das Bauen im ländlichen Raum
Pries, M., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 95-108 14 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Lüneburger Ziegelproduzenten der Neuzeit und ihre Bedeutung für das Stadtbild
Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 109-126 18 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg im Wandel der Baustile - eine Einleitung
Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte. Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 7-12 6 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vorwort
Pries, M. & Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge- Entwicklungslinien - Technikgeschichte. Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 6 1 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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The Bologna Reform: Experiences with the transition to Bachelor's and Master's Programs in Germany and at the Leuphana University
Pez, P. & Reuther, H., 2013, Didaktik Aspekte interkultureller Kommunikation in der Bildung: Theorie und Praxis. Udmurtskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Vol. 1. p. 48-58 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › 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