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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New York und die Ereignisse des 11. Septembers 2001
Pries, M., 2002, In: Geographische Rundschau. 54, 1, p. 61-64 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Qualitätszeichen und Reiseentscheidungen
Wöhler, K., 2004, Qualitätszeichen im Tourismus: Vermarktung und Wahrnehmung von Leistungen. Weiermair, K. & Pikkemaat, B. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 21-38 18 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Verkehr/Verkehrsinfrastruktur
Pez, P., 2004, Niedersachsen-Lexikon. Hoffmann, P. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › 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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Fernreisen als postkoloniales Reisen
Wöhler, K., 2004, Ferntourismus wohin?: Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont. Luger, K., Baumgartner, C. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 57-72 16 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Großwohnsiedlung Lohbrügge-Nord
Böhning, S., Pries, M. & Seidensticker, R., 2002, Lohbrügge - Die Geschichte eines Hamburger Stadtteils. : Bd. 3: Alles wird anders. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 94-104 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Gesund durch Gesundheitstourismus? Strategische Herausforderungen und Anforderungen an Tourismusdestinationen
Wöhler, K., 2008, Handbuch Gesundheitstourismus: Grundlagen in Gesundheit, Freizeit und Tourismus. Fischer, T. & Schulz, A. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 67-88 22 p. (Schriften zur Bildungs- und Freizeitwissenschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Lüneburg atmet auf - Stadtverkehr auf neuen Wegen
Pez, P., 2001, Stadtentwicklung und Architektur - Lüneburg im 20. Jahrhundert: im Rahmen der Ausstellung Stadtentwicklung und Architektur - Lüneburg im 20. Jahrhundert, 10. Juni - 9. September, Lüneburger Wasserturm. Preuß, W. H. (ed.). Husum: Trägerverein Hundert Jahre Stadtentwicklung und Architektur in Lüneburg, p. 161-164 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Landschaften im Wandel
Pries, M. (Editor), 2008, Seelze: Friedrich Verlag GmbH. 48 p. (Geographie heute; no. 257/2008)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Manpower: The Neglected Resource in Tourism Management
Wöhler, K., 2008, Change Management in Tourism: From 'Old' to 'New' Tourism. Kronenberg, C., Müller, S., Peters, M., Pikkemaat, B. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 205-220 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research