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

    Wellness as a Hybrid Phenomenon

    Saretzki, A., Sonnenberg, G. & Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 221-231 11 p.

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

  2. Published

    Trends Towards Pure Leisure: Leisure as Ritual Performance

    Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 187-193 7 p.

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

  3. Published

    Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by an interdisciplinary project study empirical work with students in argentina

    Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the Future. Kieferle, J. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, p. 717-723 7 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Vom hafen zur city - Städtebauliche projekte im hamburger hafen

    Priesk, M., 06.2006, In: Geographische Rundschau. 58, 6, p. 22-30 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    E-learning in Creative Planning Processes Relational methods of designing on differentiated types of model

    Kirschner, U. & Kirschner, N., 2005, Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: 23rd Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2005. Duarte, J. P., Ducla-Soares, G. & Sampaio, A. Z. (eds.). Lisbon: Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, p. 91-97 7 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    New York City und der 11. September - Drei Jahre danach

    Pries, M., 01.2005, In: Geographische Rundschau. 57, 1, p. 4-13 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Auf dem Weg zur neuen globalen Kompetenzaufteilung? Zur Internationalisierung von Entwicklung und Konstruktion in der deutschen Automobilzulieferung

    Fuchs, M., 01.01.2003, In: Erdkunde. 57, 1, p. 55-66 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Globalisierung, Dependenzen und Abkopplungen: Zur Verursachung von Armut in Mexico

    Fuchs, M., 10.2003, In: Geographische Rundschau. 55, 10, p. 20-25 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Geographie des Arbeit: Plädoyer für ein disziplinübergreifendes Forschungsprogramm

    Berndt, C. & Fuchs, M., 2002, In: Geographische Zeitschrift. 90, 3-4, p. 157-166 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Erlebniseinkauf und Urban Entertainment Centers

    Hahn, B., 2001, In: Geographische Rundschau. 53, 1, p. 19-25 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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