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

    Topographie des Erlebens: Zur Verortung touristischer Erlebniswelten

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten. Wöhler, K. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 17-28 12 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5).

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  2. Published

    E-learning in crative planning processes: relational methods os designing on differentiated types of model

    Kirschner, U. & Kirschner, N., 2005, Digital Design: The Quest for New Paradigms: 23nd eCAADe Conference Proceedings, Lisbon (Portugal) 21-24 September 2005. Lisbon: Technical University of Lisbon, p. 91-97 7 p.

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  3. Published

    Postmoderne Mutationen: Aktualisierung des Kulturerbes als Entortung

    Saretzki, A., 2008, Welterbe und Tourismus: Schützen und Nützen aus einer Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck [u.a.]: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 59-69 11 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 9).

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  4. Published

    Pädagogik der Freizeit & Tourismus

    Wöhler, K., 2003, Pädagogik der Freizeit. Popp, R. & Schwab, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 177-194 18 p. (Basiswissen Pädagogik: Pädagogische Arbeitsfelder; vol. 6).

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    Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz

    Pries, M., 2006, "Buten un binnen - wagen un winnen": Geographie erleben in Bremen und umzu ; Exkursionsführer zum 30. Schulgeographentag in Bremen 2006. Pries, M. (ed.). Bremen: Universität Bremen, p. 113-117 5 p. (Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung; vol. 43).

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  6. Published

    Veralltäglichung des Tourismus

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Tourismus:Herausforderung:Zukunft. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 45-56 12 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Tourismusforschung – Salzburg; vol. 1).

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    Erstes und zweites Zuhause: Wohnen und Reisen

    Wöhler, K., 2004, Die Kultur der 70er Jahre. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 233-243 11 p. (Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts).

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  9. Published

    Kulturstadt versus Stadtkultur: Zur räumlichen Touristifizierung des Alltagsfremden

    Wöhler, K., 2003, KulturStädteTourismus. Bachleitner, R. & Kagelmann, H. J. (eds.). 1 ed. München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 21-34 14 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 11).

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  10. Published

    Study of digital morphing tools in the architectural design process

    Kirschner, U., 2008, Memorias de la 14 Convención Científica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura. Primer Congreso Medio Ambiente Construido y Desarrollo Sustentable MACDES: Conference proceedings. La Havana: Ministerio de Educación Superior, p. 236-240 5 p.

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