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

    Raumkonsum als Produktion von Orten

    Wöhler, K., 2008, Räume des Konsums: Über den Funktionswandel von Räumlichkeit im Zeitalter des Konsumismus. Hellmann, K.-U. & Zurstiege, G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 69-86 18 p. (Konsumsoziologie und Massenkultur).

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

  2. Published

    Was bewirkt Sicherheit bzw. Unsicherheit? Prädiktoren der Reisesicherheit

    Sonnenberg, G. & Wöhler, K., 2004, Sicherheit in Tourismus und Verkehr: Schutz vor Risiken und Krisen. Freyer, W. & Groß, S. (eds.). Dresden: FIT-Forschungsinstitut für Tourismus, p. 15-51 37 p.

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

  3. Published

    Auf in den Ferienpark! eine Freizeitlandschaft unter der Lupe (Beispiel Schloss Dankern, England)

    Pez, P., 2008, In: Geographie heute. 29, 257, p. 42-45 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Atlas mit CD-ROM

    Landwehr, B. & Pries, M., 2008, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett. 52 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    Unterhaltung ist Leben erhalten: Freizeit als kulturelle Unterhaltungspraxis

    Wöhler, K., 2006, Unterhaltungskultur. Faulstich, W. & Knop, K. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 33-52 20 p.

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

  6. Published

    Erfahrung des Bösen an fremden Orten

    Wöhler, K., 2008, Das Böse heute: Formen und Funktionen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 183-193 11 p.

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

  7. Published

    Tourismus und Nachhaltigkeit

    Wöhler, K., 16.11.2001, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 51, 47, p. 40-46 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Topophilie: Affektive Raumbindung und raumbezogene Identitätsbildung

    Wöhler, K., 2002, Liebe als Kulturmedium. Faulstich, W. & Glasenapp, J. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 151-169 19 p.

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

  10. Published

    Die Lüneburger Landwehr als Gegenstand der Kulturlandschaftsforschung

    Pries, M., 2001, In: Kulturlandschaft. 11, 1, p. 22-26 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch