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. 2010
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Architekturästhetische Stadtwahrnehmung als eine Ästhetik der kulturellen Differenz

    Lehmann, K., 2010, Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag (DWV). 410 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. 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 anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  6. 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

  7. Das Gedächtnis eines Ortes: Das Kommunizieren, Speichern und Vergessen von Kulturerbe in Elx

    Saretzki, A., 2010, Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 237-249 13 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10).

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

  8. Destination Building und Destination Branding als räumliche Konstruktionsprozesse

    Saretzki, A., 2010, Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens. Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 271-294 24 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie).

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

  9. Die Nordchemie in Melbeck/Embsen

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

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Formen und Konstruktionsweisen von Tourismusräumen

    Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V., 2010, Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens. Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 11-19 9 p.

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

  11. Kulturelles Erbe - Ausstieg aus der Moderne?

    Wöhler, K., 2010, Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 47-67 21 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10).

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

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