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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"Strukturen aufbrechen": Eine Prozessbegleitung in Hamburg Altona
Peickert, T. & Kirschner, U., 2015, Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung. Sommer, J. (ed.). Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Umweltstiftung, Vol. 1. p. 370 - 383 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Stadtverkehrsrevolution Pedelec: Ergebnisse eines Reisezeitexperimentes in Lüneburg
Koch, F. & Pez, P., 2013, In: Raumplanung. 167, 3, p. 51-55 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stadtlandschaften: die Hamburger HafenCity
Pries, M., 2008, In: Geographie heute. 29, 257, p. 33-35 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Städtische Raumproduktion durch touristische Praktiken
Saretzki, A., 06.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft. 10, 1, p. 7-27 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Städtetourismus - Touristenstädte
Pez, P., 2002, Nationalatlas Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Bd. 5: Dörfer und Städte. Friedrich, K., Hahn, B., Popp, H. & Mayr, A. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 100-101 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stadtentwicklung als Zukunftsaufgabe: das Beispiel Lüneburg
Pez, P., 2010, In: Neues Archiv für Niedersachsen. 2, p. 2-19 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sprengstoffe aud Krümmel und Düneberg
Pries, M., 2000, In: Industrie-Kultur. 4, p. 4-7 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sozialwissenschaftliche Tourismusforschung im vorparadigmatischen Zustand?
Wöhler, K., 1998, Der durchschaute Tourist: Arbeiten zur Tourismusforschung. Bachleitner, R., Kagelmann, H. J. & Keul, A. G. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 29-36 8 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"So haben wir die Welt gesehen"
Wöhler, K., 2009, Tourismusgeschichte(n). Kolbe, W., Noack, C. & Spode, H. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 149-155 7 p. (Jahrbuch für Reise- & Tourismusforschung; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Senkungen als Folge der Rohstoffförderung in Lüneburg
Pries, M., 2013, In: Siedlungsforschung. 30, p. 179-189 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research