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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Methoden zur Erfolgsmessung im Regionalmarketing
Wöhler, K., 08.2005, Erfolgskontrolle im Standort- und Regionalmarketing: Nutzen für den Mittelstand?. Meyer, J.-A. & Dallmann, N. (eds.). Eul Verlag, p. 69-89 21 p. (Reihe: Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Messen, evaluieren, regulieren: das Verkehrsaufkommen bestimmen und Beruhigungsmaßnahmen entwickeln
Pez, P., 2010, In: Geographie heute. 31, 279, p. 8-15 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Medialization of Touristic Reality: The Berlin Wall Revisited
Saretzki, A., 28.06.2010, Tourism and Visual Culture: Vol. 2: Methods and Cases. Burns, P., Lester, J.-A. & Bibbings, L. (eds.). Wallingford: CAB International, Vol. 2. p. 13-23 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Medial erzeugte Befindlichkeiten
Wöhler, K., 02.2012, Analyse, Theorie und Geschichte der Medien: Festschrift für Werner Faulstich. Karmasin, M. & Winter, C. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 115-127 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Marktvergesellschaftung: Marktsoziologie als Marketingsoziologie
Wöhler, K., 04.2005, Bräuche im Salzburger Land: Zeitgeist – Lebenskonzepte – Rituale – Trends - Alternativen. Luidold, L. & Kammerhofer-Aggermann, U. (eds.). Salzburg: Landesverband Salzburger Volkskultur, Vol. 3: In Familie und Gesellschaft. (Salzburger Beiträge zur Volkskunde; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Marktorientiertes Tourismusmanagement 1: Tourismusorte: Leitbild, Nachfrage- und Konkurrenzanalyse
Wöhler, K., 1997, Berlin et al.: Springer. 391 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Marketing in der heutigen Gesellschaft
Wöhler, K.-H., 2002, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 18 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Mapping Urban Information as an Interdisciplinary Method for Geography, Art and Architecture Representations
Kirschner, U. & Sperling, D., 2018, Computing for a better tomorrow: Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2 . Kepczynska-Walczak, A. & Bialkowski, S. (eds.). Lodz: Lodz University, p. 215-224 10 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Manpower: The Neglected Resource in Tourism Management
Wöhler, K., 2008, Change Management in Tourism: From 'Old' to 'New' Tourism. Kronenberg, C., Müller, S., Peters, M., Pikkemaat, B. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 205-220 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Manchester - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu
Pries, M., 2011, Festschrift 20 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur. Budesheim, W. (ed.). Wentorf bei Hamburg: Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur, p. 178 - 199 22 p. (Beiträge für Wissenschaft und Kultur; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review