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

    Raum existiert nur im Raum

    Wöhler, K., 2013, In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik. 24, D.1, p. 70-73 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Stadtverkehrsrevolution Pedelec: Ergebnisse eines Reisezeitexperimentes in Lüneburg

    Koch, F. & Pez, P., 2013, In: Raumplanung. 167, 3, p. 51-55 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  7. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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