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

    Zur Wahrnehmung von Innovationen: soziale und kulturelle Aspekte

    Wöhler, K., 2006, Innovationen im Tourismus: Wettbewerbsvorteile durch neue Ideen und Angebote. Pikkemaat, B., Peters, M. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 85-95 11 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 6).

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

  2. Published

    Touristische Netzwerke als Chance und Herausforderung

    Saretzki, A., 2007, Tourismus:Herausforderung:Zukunft. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 275-293 19 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Tourismusforschung – Salzburg; vol. 1).

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

  3. Published

    Pilgern und Pilgerwege: tourismus- und kulturwissenschaftliche Dimensionen

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Pilgerweg Loccum-Volkenroda zwischen Kirche, Kultur und Tourismus: Auf dem Weg zu einem gemeinsamen Leitbild. Laube, M. (ed.). Evangelische Akademie Loccum, p. 25-70 46 p. ( Loccumer Protokolle; vol. 29/07).

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

  4. Published

    Beziehungen zu Orten und Nicht-Orten

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 46-57 12 p.

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

  5. Published

    New York und die Ereignisse des 11. Septembers 2001

    Pries, M., 2002, In: Geographische Rundschau. 54, 1, p. 61-64 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Qualitätszeichen und Reiseentscheidungen

    Wöhler, K., 2004, Qualitätszeichen im Tourismus: Vermarktung und Wahrnehmung von Leistungen. Weiermair, K. & Pikkemaat, B. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 21-38 18 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 3).

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

  7. Published

    Verkehr/Verkehrsinfrastruktur

    Pez, P., 2004, Niedersachsen-Lexikon. Hoffmann, P. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Sprengstoffe aud Krümmel und Düneberg

    Pries, M., 2000, In: Industrie-Kultur. 4, p. 4-7 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Fernreisen als postkoloniales Reisen

    Wöhler, K., 2004, Ferntourismus wohin?: Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont. Luger, K., Baumgartner, C. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 57-72 16 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 8).

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

  10. Published

    Großwohnsiedlung Lohbrügge-Nord

    Böhning, S., Pries, M. & Seidensticker, R., 2002, Lohbrügge - Die Geschichte eines Hamburger Stadtteils. : Bd. 3: Alles wird anders. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 94-104 11 p.

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

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