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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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Partizipation bitte: eine Bürgerversammlung zu Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen simulieren
Pez, P., 2010, In: Geographie heute. 31, 279, p. 16-17 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Pädagogik der Freizeit & Tourismus
Wöhler, K., 2003, Pädagogik der Freizeit. Popp, R. & Schwab, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 177-194 18 p. (Basiswissen Pädagogik: Pädagogische Arbeitsfelder; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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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Ostseehäfen in Dänemark und Deutschland: Gibt es eine "Rezeptologie" der Waterfront Revitalisation?
Pries, M., 2015, Europäische Hafenquartiere: zwischen Dornröschenschlaf, Industriekultur und Zukunftsvisionen; Deutschland, Dänemark, United Kingdom. Nagel, F. N. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 96-120 25 p. (Kulturlandschaftsforschung und Industriearchäologie. Beiträge der Geographie; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ortsumfahrungen Patent- oder Scheinlösung? Entwicklung eines neuen Beurteilungsansatzes
Pez, P., 2005, In: Raumplanung. 119, p. 87-92 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Organisationsentwicklung als Personalentwicklung: Begründungszusammenhang einer prozeßorientierten Arbeitsorganisation im Tourismus
Wöhler, K., 1998, Personalmanagement im Tourismus: Konzepte und Strategien. Weiermair, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Limburgerhof: FBV Medien-Verlags GmbH , p. 23-63 41 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ökonomisierung der Freizeit
Wöhler, K., 2005, Zukunft - Freizeit - Wissenschaft. Popp, R. (ed.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 559-570 12 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Zukunftsstudien – Salzburg; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ökologischer oder Egologischer Tourismus?
Wöhler, K., 1996, Alpine tourism: Sustainability: reconsidered and redesigned. Weiermair, K. (ed.). Institut für Tourismus und Dienstleistungswirtschaft der Universität Innsbruck, Vol. 1. p. 240-265 26 p. (IDT-Serie: Tourismus und Dienstleistungswirtschaft, Serie 3: Tourismusentwicklung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research