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

    Medialization of Touristic Reality: The Berlin Wall Revisited

    Saretzki, A., 28.06.2010, Tourism and Visual Culture: Vol. 2: Methods and Cases. Burns, P., Lester, J.-A. & Bibbings, L. (eds.). Wallingford: CAB International, Vol. 2. p. 13-23 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Destination Building und Destination Branding als räumliche Konstruktionsprozesse

    Saretzki, A., 2010, Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens. Wöhler, K., Pott, A. & Denzer, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 271-294 24 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie).

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

  3. Published

    Produire un espace sacré: controverses autour du site de la colline royale d'Ambohimanga à Madagascar

    Saretzki, A. & May, C., 07.2011, In: Mondes du tourisme : revue pluridisciplinaire de recherche. 2, 3, p. 26-40 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sustainabilisierung des Tourismus: Zur Logik einer postmodernen Wachstumsstrategie

    Wöhler, K., 1999, Grenzenlose Gesellschaft – grenzenloser Tourismus?. Bachleitner, R. & Schimany, P. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 38-54 17 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 5).

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

  5. Published

    Produktion kulturtouristischer Angebote

    Wöhler, K., 1997, KulturTourismus Management: Strukturen und theoretische Konzepte zum KulturTourismus. Heinze, T. (ed.). Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen, p. 105-135 31 p. (Reader zum Weiterbildungsstudiengang "KulturTourismus Management").

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherEducation

  6. Published

    Imagekonstruktion fremder Räume: Entstehung und Funktion von Bildern über Reiseziele

    Wöhler, K., 1998, In: Voyage. Jahrbuch für Reise- und Tourismusforschung. 2, p. 97-114 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Naturerlebnisgebiete – Rettung der Naturerfahrung? Eine kulturwissenschaftliche Ableitung

    Wöhler, K., 1998, Naturerfahrungsräume: Ein humanökologischer Ansatz für naturnahe Erholung in Stadt und Land. Bonn/Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 31-46 16 p. (Angewandte Landschaftsökologie; vol. 19).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

  8. Published
  9. Published

    Wettbewerbssituation und Handlungsspielräume kleiner und mittlerer Tourismusunternehmen

    Wöhler, K., 1999, In: Tourismus-Journal. 3, 2, p. 205-229 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Auf dem (schwierigen) Weg zu einer Tourismuswissenschaft

    Wöhler, K., 1997, In: Tourismus-Journal. 1, 1, p. 4-10 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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