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

    "Die Lüneburger Heide goes digital": das Kulturlandschaftskataster der Heidegemeinde Wietzendorf

    Grünhagen, G. & Pries, M., 2005, Kulturlandschaft digital: Forschung und Anwendung ; 15. Fachtagung des Umweltamtes Landschaftsverband Rheinland ; 11. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe Angewandte Historische Geographie (Arbeitskreis für Historische Kulturlandschaftsforschung ARKUM), 2. bis 5. März 2005 in Aachen ; Tagungsdokumentation.. Köln: Landschaftsverband Rheinland, p. 178-183 6 p. (Beiträge zur Landesentwicklung; vol. 58).

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

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    Die heimliche Disneyfizierung: Spanien erleben

    Saretzki, A., 2005, Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten. Wöhler, K. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 121-136 16 p. (Tourismus: Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5).

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

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    Die Häfen in der Wismarbucht: Persistenz oder Neuanfang?

    Pries, M., 2008, In: Geographie und Schule. 30, 174, p. 16-22 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Die Chelsea Piers in New York: neues Leben in alter Hülle

    Pries, M., 2000, In: Industrie-Kultur. 1, p. 14-15 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Die BallinStadt: eine neue Attraktion in Hamburg?

    Pries, M., 2007, In: Industrie-Kultur. 13, 4, p. 30 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg im Wandel der Baustile - eine Einleitung

    Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte. Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 7-12 6 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).

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

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    Die automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte (ALK), eine Quelle fur die topographischen Landeskartenwerke?

    Staufenbiel, W., 1983, In: Nachrichten aus dem Karten - und Vermessungswesen, Reihe I: Originalbeiträge. 92, p. 167-175 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Die alten Alpen? Nachhaltigkeit und bewahrender Fortschritt

    Wöhler, K., 2002, Der Alpentourismus: Entwicklungspotenziale im Spannungsfeld von Kultur, Ökonomie und Ökologie. Luger, K. & Rest, F. (eds.). Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 269-280 12 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 5).

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

  9. Published

    Didactical design methods applied in design studios for Architectural and Cultural Sciences in Brazil: Experiment Digital Space: composition with elements design by Mies van der Rohe and the importance of their Web presentation

    Kirschner, U. & Pratschke, A., 2009, ECAADe 2009: computation: the new realm of architectural design ; proceedings of the 27th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Design in Europe ; September 16 - 19, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey. Çagdas, G. & Çolakoglu, B. (eds.). Istanbul Technical University, p. 787-792 6 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

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

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