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. 2007
  2. Published

    15 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie: Festschrift für Dr. Werner Budesheim

    Pries, M. (ed.), 2007, Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur. 271 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Beziehungen zu Orten und Nicht-Orten

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 46-57 12 p.

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

  4. Published

    Den Wegen auf der Spur - in der Autostadt: Parkstraße zeigt Straßenbautechniken von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit

    Pez, P. & Völkening, C., 2007, Denk(t)räume Mobilität; : Bd. 2: Physik und Erdkunde. Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann, p. 68-73 6 p.

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

  5. Published

    Die BallinStadt: eine neue Attraktion in Hamburg?

    Pries, M., 2007, In: Industrie-Kultur. 13, 4, p. 30 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by a inderdisciplinary project study: empirical work with students from Argentina

    Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the future: Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. Kieferle, J. B. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). p. 717-723 7 p.

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

  7. Published

    Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by an interdisciplinary project study empirical work with students in argentina

    Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the Future. Kieferle, J. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, p. 717-723 7 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

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

  8. Published

    Hamburgs heimliche Hafencity: der Harburger Binnenhafen

    Pries, M., 2007, 15 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie: Festschrift für Dr. Werner Budesheim. Pries, M. (ed.). Wentorf bei Hamburg: Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur, p. 187-202 16 p. (Beiträge für Wissenschaft und Kultur; vol. 8).

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

  9. Published

    Pilgern und Pilgerwege: tourismus- und kulturwissenschaftliche Dimensionen

    Wöhler, K., 2007, Pilgerweg Loccum-Volkenroda zwischen Kirche, Kultur und Tourismus: Auf dem Weg zu einem gemeinsamen Leitbild. Laube, M. (ed.). Evangelische Akademie Loccum, p. 25-70 46 p. ( Loccumer Protokolle; vol. 29/07).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  10. Published

    Räume prägen Mobilität - Mobilität prägt Räume: Aspekte der Verkehrsgeographie aus wissenschaftlicher und didaktischer Sicht

    Pez, P., 2007, Denk(t)räume Mobilität: Bd. 2: Physik und Erdkunde. Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann, p. 11-15 5 p.

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

  11. Published

    Touristische Netzwerke als Chance und Herausforderung

    Saretzki, A., 2007, Tourismus:Herausforderung:Zukunft. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 275-293 19 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Tourismusforschung – Salzburg; vol. 1).

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