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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Raum existiert nur im Raum
Wöhler, K., 2013, In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik. 24, D.1, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Culture as Value Added Industry and as Embedded Life: Culture as Part of Touristic Products
Wöhler, K., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 25-41 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The Contestation of Culture: The Possibilities of Using Cultural Heritage as a Resource in Times of Crisis
Saretzki, A. & Furnell, J., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 63-78 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Mit dem Rad zur Schule, aber wo und wie? Von der Regelkunde zur Verkehrsraumanalyse
Pez, P., 2013, In: Grundschule Sachunterricht. Nr. 58, 2. Quartal 2013, p. 19-24 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stadtverkehrsrevolution Pedelec: Ergebnisse eines Reisezeitexperimentes in Lüneburg
Koch, F. & Pez, P., 2013, In: Raumplanung. 167, 3, p. 51-55 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Literary Trails: A Chance for Heritage or just the Disneyfication of Cityscapes ?
Saretzki, A., 02.2013, Tourism, Roads and Cultural Itineraries: Meaning, Memory and Development. Bourdeau, L., Marcotte, P. & Saidi, M. H. (eds.). Presses de l'Université Laval, Vol. 2. p. 276-286 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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World Heritage Tourism and Cultural Dialogue: The World Heritage Site of Ambohimanga (Madagascar) as a Transdifferential Space
Saretzki, A. & May, C., 01.2013, Tourism in the Global South: Heritages, Identities and Development. Sarmento, J. & Brito-Henriques, E. (eds.). Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, p. 45-64 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Wasser als Mangelware der Zukunft auch in Norddeutschland ? Die Zukunft der Wasserwirtschaft im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen
Pries, M., 2012, Nordwestdeutschland 2037 - Niedersachsen und Bremen in 25 Jahren: Wissenschaftliche Visionen und Essays. Venzke, J.-F. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 87-96 10 p. (Hannoversche Geographische Arbeiten; vol. 61).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Resort
Wöhler, K., 2012, Ortsregister: Ein Glossar zu Räumen der Gegenwart. Marquardt, N. & Schreiber, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 243-249 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Reisen als Möglichkeit eines Anderssein-Könnens
Wöhler, K., 11.2012, Das Figurativ der Vagabondage: Kulturanalysen mobiler Lebensweisen. Rolshoven, J. & Maierhofer, M. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 255-271 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research