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

    Power centres: A new retail format in the United States of America

    Hahn, B., 01.10.2000, In: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 7, 4, p. 223-231 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Potentials and Challenges of Hybrid Participatory Design Tools in European Urban Planning: Exploring the Synergy of Information and Communication Technologies and Participatory Design for Innovative Mobility Solutions

    Hilmer, L., 11.08.2024, Situated Actions, Doctoral Colloquium, PDC places, Communities. D'Andrea, V., de Paula, R. A., Crompton, E., Reitsma, L., Daud, N. B., Zaini, N. A. B., Smith, R. C., Teli, M., Ghazali, M., Huybrechts, L., Tolhouk, R., de Mater O�Neill, M., Tabassum, G., Loh Chee Wyai, G., Muashekele, C., Stanley, C., Mbinge, U., Jengan, G., Del Gaudio, C., Yasuoka Jensen, M., Winschiers-Theophilus, H. & Zaman, T. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 64-67 4 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. 3).

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

  4. Published

    Postmoderne Mutationen: Aktualisierung des Kulturerbes als Entortung

    Saretzki, A., 2008, Welterbe und Tourismus: Schützen und Nützen aus einer Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck [u.a.]: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 59-69 11 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 9).

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

  5. Published

    Poetic water images in architecture

    Kirschner, U., 2006, Eco-architecture: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature. Broadbent , G. & Brebbia, C. A. (eds.). WIT Press, p. 143-152 10 p. (WIT Transactions on the Built Environment; vol. 86).

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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Pflege der Negation: Zur Produktion negativer Räume als Reiseauslöser

    Wöhler, K., 2000, Gesund durch Erleben ?: Beiträge zur Erforschung der Tourismusgesellschaft. Keul, A. G., Bachleitner, R. & Kagelmann, H. J. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 29-37 9 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 8).

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

  8. Published

    Perspektiven der Tourismusforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum

    Wöhler, K., 2000, Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft 2000/ 2001 . Bieger, T. & Laesser, C. (eds.). Institut für Tourismus und Verkehrswirtschaft an der Universität St. Gallen, Vol. 13. p. 1-22 22 p. (Jahrbuch der schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft).

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

  9. Published

    Personalmanagement im Tourismus: Konzepte und Strategien

    Weiermair, K. & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 1998, 1. ed. Limburgerhof: FBV Medien-Verlags GmbH . 302 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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