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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Umweltverträglicher Tourismus: Grundlagen - Konzeption - Marketing
Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 1999, Limburgerhof: FBV Medien-Verlags GmbH . 168 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Trends Towards Pure Leisure: Leisure as Ritual Performance
Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 187-193 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Transformation des Einzelhandels in osteuropäischen Städten: am Beispiel von St. Petersburg und Ishevsk (Russland)
Pez, P., 2006, Kulturgeographie der Stadt. Gans, P., Priebs, A. & Wehrhahn, R. (eds.). Kiel: Geographisches Institut, p. 283-295 13 p. (Kieler geographische Schriften; vol. 111).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Touristsein als temporäres Sein in alltagsabgewandten Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2010, Auf den Spuren der Touristen: Perspektiven auf ein bedeutsames Handlungsfeld. Lauterbach, B. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 175-198 24 p. (Kulturtransfer. Alltagskulturelle Beiträge; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Touristische Verortungen: Reisen im Tourismusmodus: zur Persistenz der Romantik im Reise-Ich
Wöhler, K., 29.01.2016, Kulturstraßen als Konzept: 20 Jahre Straße der Romanik. Ranft, A. & Schenkluhn, W. (eds.). Verlag Schnell und Steiner, p. 115-127 13 p. (more romano – Schriften des Europäischen Romanik Zentrums; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Touristische Netzwerke als Chance und Herausforderung
Saretzki, A., 2007, Tourismus:Herausforderung:Zukunft. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 275-293 19 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Tourismusforschung – Salzburg; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Touristifizierung von Räumen: Kulturwissenschaftliche und soziologische Studien zur Konstruktion von Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2011, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 278 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Tourismuswissenschaft
Wöhler, K., 2008, Lexikon Tourismus: Destinationen, Gastronomie, Hotellerie, Reisemittler, Reiseveranstalter, Verkehrsträger. Fuchs, W., Mundt, J. W. & Zollondz, H.-D. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl, p. 708-712 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Tourismuswissenschaft
Wöhler, K., 2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 1088-1094 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Tourismus und Nachhaltigkeit
Wöhler, K., 16.11.2001, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 51, 47, p. 40-46 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research