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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    Making Sociological Theories Come Alive: Cooperative Work on Collective Memories Regarding Frontier Zones

    Kirschner, U., 2020, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 17th International Conference, CDVE 2020, Proceedings: 17th International Conference, CDVE 2020 Bangkok, Thailand, Oktober 25-28, 2020, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 148-157 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12341 LNCS).

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

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    Einzelhandel und Stadtverkehr – eine Symbiose?

    Pez, P. & Neiberger, C., 2019, Einzelhandel und Stadtverkehr: Neue Entwicklungstendenzen durch Digitalisierung und Stadtgestaltung. Neiberger, C. & Pez, P. (eds.). Würzburg University Press, Vol. 28. p. 1-4 4 p. (Geographische Handelsforschung; vol. 28).

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    Verkehrsplanung

    Pez, P., 2020, Geographische Handelsforschung. Neiberger, C. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 157-167 11 p. 14

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    Einzelhandel und Stadtverkehr: Neue Entwicklungstendenzen durch Digitalisierung und Stadtgestaltung

    Pez, P. (Editor) & Neiberger, C. (Editor), 2019, Würzburg University Press. 168 p. (Geographische Handelsforschung; vol. 28)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Collaborative Filmmaking: Extending the Modes of Working Together by a Digital Platform

    Kirschner, U. & Kohler, M., 28.10.2021, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 18th International Conference, CDVE 2021, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 160-171 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12983 LNCS).

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    Between political protest and tourism gentrification: Impacts of New Urban Tourism in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel

    Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 22.07.2021, The Power of New Urban Tourism: Spaces, Representations and Contestations. Ba, C., Frank, S., Müller, C., Raschke, A. L., Wellner, K. & Zecher, A. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 131-146 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    PDC Place Germany: Participatory Design in Cities

    Hilmer, L., 19.08.2022, PDC 2022 Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design - Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference: Volime 2: Exploratory Papers, Workshops, Places, Situated Actions and Doctoral Colloquium. Vlachokyriakos, V., Yee, J., Frauenberger, C., Hurtado, M. D., Hansen, N., Strohmayer, A., Van Zyl, I., Dearden, A., Talhouk, R., Gatehouse, C., Leishman, D., Agid, S., Sciannamblo, M., Taylor, J., Botero, A., Del Gaudio, C., Akama, Y., Clarke, R. & Vines, J. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 267-268 2 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. 2).

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    Verkehrswissenschaftliche Arbeiten 12: Modal-Split-Verkehrszählung im Stadtbereich Lüneburgs Juni 2021

    Pez, P., 06.2022, 43 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Wegevielfalt, Barrierefreiheit und Netztransparenz als Bausteine der Radverkehrsförderung (nicht nur) im ländlichen Raum

    Pez, P. (Contributor), 04.09.2023, Mehr Vielfalt im Radverkehr: entdecken • gestalten • vermitteln; Tagungsband zum 13. Salzgitter Forum Mobilität. Kühl, J. (ed.). Salzgitter: Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, p. 27-38 12 p. (Forum Mobilität; vol. 1).

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