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

  1. 2008
  2. Published

    Landschaftserleben

    Wöhler, K., 2008, Lexikon Tourismus: Destinationen, Gastronomie, Hotellerie, Reisemittler, Reiseveranstalter, Verkehrsträger. Fuchs, W., Mundt, J. W. & Zollondz, H-D. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl, p. 431 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    Manpower: The Neglected Resource in Tourism Management

    Wöhler, K., 2008, Change Management in Tourism: From 'Old' to 'New' Tourism. Kronenberg, C., Müller, S., Peters, M., Pikkemaat, B. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 205-220 16 p.

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

  4. Published

    Mobil in Deutsch und Geographie/Erdkunde: im Schnittfeld der beiden Fächer liegen vielfältigste Wirkungsmöglichkeiten

    Pez, P., 2008, Denk(t)räume Mobilität: Praxisprojekte zum fächerübergreifenden Lernen: Bd. 3: Erdkunde und Deutsch. Schneider, M. & Clement, R. (eds.). Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann, p. 14-15 2 p.

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

  5. Published

    Postmoderne Mutationen: Aktualisierung des Kulturerbes als Entortung

    Saretzki, A., 2008, Welterbe und Tourismus: Schützen und Nützen aus einer Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck [u.a.]: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 59-69 11 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 9).

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

  6. Published

    Raumkonsum als Produktion von Orten

    Wöhler, K., 2008, Räume des Konsums: Über den Funktionswandel von Räumlichkeit im Zeitalter des Konsumismus. Hellmann, K-U. & Zurstiege, G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 69-86 18 p. (Konsumsoziologie und Massenkultur).

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

  7. Published

    Stadtlandschaften: die Hamburger HafenCity

    Pries, M., 2008, In: Geographie heute. 29, 257, p. 33-35 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Study of digital morphing tools in the architectural design process

    Kirschner, U., 2008, Memorias de la 14 Convención Científica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura. Primer Congreso Medio Ambiente Construido y Desarrollo Sustentable MACDES: Conference proceedings. La Havana: Ministerio de Educación Superior, p. 236-240 5 p.

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

  9. Published

    Tourismuswissenschaft

    Wöhler, K., 2008, Lexikon Tourismus: Destinationen, Gastronomie, Hotellerie, Reisemittler, Reiseveranstalter, Verkehrsträger. Fuchs, W., Mundt, J. W. & Zollondz, H-D. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg Schulbuchverl, p. 708-712 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  10. Published

    Waterfronts im Wandel: Baltimore und New York

    Pries, M., 2008, Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag. 274 p. (Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  11. Published

    Welterbe und Tourismus: Schützen und Nützen aus einer Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit

    Luger, K. (ed.) & Wöhler, K. (ed.), 2008, Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 454 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 9)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch