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.
Topics
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
- 2010
- Published
Woanders Zuhause
Wöhler, K., 2010, Tourismus im Spannungsfeld von Polaritäten. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 249-258 10 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe der FHS-Forschungsgesellschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2009
- Published
Didactical design methods applied in design studios for Architectural and Cultural Sciences in Brazil: Experiment Digital Space: composition with elements design by Mies van der Rohe and the importance of their Web presentation
Kirschner, U. & Pratschke, A., 2009, ECAADe 2009: computation: the new realm of architectural design ; proceedings of the 27th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Design in Europe ; September 16 - 19, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey. Çagdas, G. & Çolakoglu, B. (eds.). Istanbul Technical University, p. 787-792 6 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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"Großdeutscher" Kulturraum: Verrräumlichung volksdeutschen Denkens
Wöhler, K., 2009, Die Kultur der 30er und 40er Jahre. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 27-42 16 p. (Kulturgeschichte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Published
Kulturlandschaft – Neu entdeckt für den Geographieunterricht
Pries, M., 2009, Kulturlandschaften in Geographie und Raumplanung: Eine Handreichung - nicht nur - für den Geographie-Unterricht. A. F. R. U. L. & V. D. S. E. V. (eds.). Bretten: Eigenverlag des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen, p. 5 - 6 2 p. (Schriftenreihe des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen e.V.; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Potenzialität des kulturellen Erbes: Es spricht zu uns
Wöhler, K., 2009, Erb.gut? Kulturelles Erbe in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft: Referate der 25. Österreichischen Volkskundetagung vom 14.-17.11.2007 in Innsbruck. Berger, K. C., Schindler, M. & Schneider, I. (eds.). Selbstverlag des Vereins für Volkskunde, p. 461-468 8 p. (Buchreihe der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Volkskunde. Neue Serie; vol. 23).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
- Published
"So haben wir die Welt gesehen"
Wöhler, K., 2009, Tourismusgeschichte(n). Kolbe, W., Noack, C. & Spode, H. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 149-155 7 p. (Jahrbuch für Reise- & Tourismusforschung; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2008
- Published
Atlas mit CD-ROM
Landwehr, B. & Pries, M., 2008, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett. 52 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Landschaftsbegriff in der Geographie
Pries, M., 2008, In: Geographie heute. 29, 257, p. 2-6 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Destinationaler Wandel: eine systemtheoretische Annäherung
Wöhler, K., 2008, Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft 2008. Bieger, T., Laesser, C. & Maggi, R. (eds.). St. Gallen: Institut für Tourismus und Verkehrswirtschaft an der Universität St. Gallen, p. 209-223 15 p. (Jahrbuch der schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research