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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Digital Design Strategies
Kirschner, U. & Schneider, S., 2020, Atlas of Digital Architecture: Terminology, Concepts, Methods, Tools, Examples, Phenomena. Hovestadt, L., Hirschberg, U. & Fritz, O. (eds.). Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 111-127 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Radverkehrsförderung 3.0: Barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital - Teil 2; Radverkehr, Verkehrsmittelwahl, Stadtverkehr, Verkehrsplanung
Pez, P. & Seidel, A., 2020, In: Internationales Verkehrswesen. 72, 4, p. 16-20 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Radverkehrsförderung 3.0: Radverkehr, Verkehrsmittelwahl, Stadtverkehr, Verkehrsplanung; Barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital - konzeptionelle Folgerungen aus 30 Jahren Beobachtungen und Forschung (nicht nur) in der Region Lüneburg - Teil 1
Pez, P. & Seidel, A., 2020, In: Internationales Verkehrswesen. 72, 3, p. 20-23 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Making Sociological Theories Come Alive: Cooperative Work on Collective Memories Regarding Frontier Zones
Kirschner, U., 2020, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 17th International Conference, CDVE 2020, Proceedings: 17th International Conference, CDVE 2020 Bangkok, Thailand, Oktober 25-28, 2020, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 148-157 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12341 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Einzelhandel und Stadtverkehr – eine Symbiose?
Pez, P. & Neiberger, C., 2019, Einzelhandel und Stadtverkehr: Neue Entwicklungstendenzen durch Digitalisierung und Stadtgestaltung. Neiberger, C. & Pez, P. (eds.). Würzburg University Press, Vol. 28. p. 1-4 4 p. (Geographische Handelsforschung; vol. 28).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Verkehrsplanung
Pez, P., 2020, Geographische Handelsforschung. Neiberger, C. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 157-167 11 p. 14Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einzelhandel und Stadtverkehr: Neue Entwicklungstendenzen durch Digitalisierung und Stadtgestaltung
Pez, P. (Editor) & Neiberger, C. (Editor), 2019, Würzburg University Press. 168 p. (Geographische Handelsforschung; vol. 28)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Der steinige weg zum fairen gold herausforderungen der zertifizierung von kleinbergbau in ostafrika
Happ, J., 2019, In: Geographische Rundschau. 71, 5, p. 46-51 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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Urban Transdisciplinary Co-study in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project
Kirschner, U., 2018, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 15th International Conference, CDVE 2018, Hangzhou, China, October 21–24, 2018, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 145-152 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11151 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review