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
- 2008
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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/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stadtlandschaften: die Hamburger HafenCity
Pries, M., 2008, In: Geographie heute. 29, 257, p. 33-35 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research