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

    Tourismus und Governance: Eine Einführung

    Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K., 27.09.2013, Governance von Destinationen: Neue Ansätze für die erfolgreiche Steuerung touristischer Zielgebiete. Saretzki, A. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 3-16 14 p.

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

  2. Published

    Tourismus, Tourismuswissenschaft und Tourismuswissen im Spannungsfeld der Disziplinen

    Wöhler, K., 2017, Tourismus und Wissenschaft: Wirtschaftliche, politische und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven. Pechlaner, H. & Zehrer, A. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 77-108 32 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 21).

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

  3. Published

    Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens

    Wöhler, K. (Editor), Pott, A. (Editor) & Denzer, V. (Editor), 2010, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 320 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Tourismusräume: Virtualisierung des Realen - Realisierung des Virtuellen

    Wöhler, K., 05.03.2010, Topologien des Reisens: Tourismus - Imagination - Migration. Karentzos, A., Kittner, A.-E. & Reuter, J. (eds.). Trier: Universitätsbibliothek Trier, p. 150-163 14 p.

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

  5. Published

    Tourismuspolitik

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Mickel, W. W. & Bergmann, J. M. (eds.). 3. überarb. u. erw. ed. Stuttgart: OMNIA-Verlag, p. 715-718 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  6. Published

    Tourismuspolitik

    Wöhler, K., 2012, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Bergmann, J., Mickel, W. M. & Grupp, C. D. (eds.). 4. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 884-888 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  7. Published

    Tourismuspolitik

    Wöhler, K., 01.2015, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Bergmann, J. (ed.). 5. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 927-931 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Tourismus ohne Raum: Preise und Plätze als Reiseentscheidungsdeterminanten

    Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 1996, Der Tourismusmarkt von morgen: Zwischen Preispolitik und Kultkonsum. Steinecke, A. (ed.). Europäisches Tourismus Institut , p. 26-38 13 p. (ETI-Texte; vol. 10).

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

  9. Published

    Tourismusmarketing - Begründung und Spezifika

    Wöhler, K.-H., 2000, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Materialien zur Angewandten Tourismuswissenschaft; no. 33).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Tourismusmarketing

    Wöhler, K., 2001, Branchenspezifisches Marketing: Grundlagen – Besonderheiten – Gemeinsamkeiten. Tscheulin, D. K. & Helmig, B. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 187-202 16 p.

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

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