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
- 2007
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Veralltäglichung des Tourismus
Wöhler, K., 2007, Tourismus:Herausforderung:Zukunft. Egger, R. & Herdin, T. (eds.). Wien/Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 45-56 12 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Tourismusforschung – Salzburg; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2006
- Published
Vom hafen zur city - Städtebauliche projekte im hamburger hafen
Priesk, M., 06.2006, In: Geographische Rundschau. 58, 6, p. 22-30 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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"Buten un binnen - wagen un winnen": Geographie erleben in Bremen und umzu ; Exkursionsführer zum 30. Schulgeographentag in Bremen 2006
Pries, M. (ed.), 2006, 1. ed. Bremen: Universität Bremen. 170 p. (Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung; vol. 43)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Einblicke in die physische Geographie Niedersachsens
Pez, P. & Pries, M., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 11-21 11 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz
Pries, M., 2006, "Buten un binnen - wagen un winnen": Geographie erleben in Bremen und umzu ; Exkursionsführer zum 30. Schulgeographentag in Bremen 2006. Pries, M. (ed.). Bremen: Universität Bremen, p. 113-117 5 p. (Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung; vol. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Poetic water images in architecture
Kirschner, U., 2006, Eco-architecture: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature. Broadbent, G. & Brebbia, C. A. (eds.). WIT Press, p. 143-152 10 p. (WIT Transactions on the Built Environment; vol. 86).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Projekte an der Waterfront Hamburgs
Pries, M., 2006, "Buten un binnen - wagen un winnen": Geographie erleben in Bremen und umzu ; Exkursionsführer zum 30. Schulgeographentag in Bremen 2006. Pries, M. (ed.). Bremen: Universität Bremen, p. 150-154 5 p. (Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung; vol. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Tourism management in a global and transnational perspective
Wöhler, K., 2006, New perspectives and values in world tourism & tourism management in the future. Aktas, A., Kesgin, M., Cengiz, E. & Yenialp, E. (eds.). Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Alanya Faculty of Business, Vol. 1. p. 32-43 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Transformation des Einzelhandels in osteuropäischen Städten: am Beispiel von St. Petersburg und Ishevsk (Russland)
Pez, P., 2006, Kulturgeographie der Stadt. Gans, P., Priebs, A. & Wehrhahn, R. (eds.). Kiel: Geographisches Institut, p. 283-295 13 p. (Kieler geographische Schriften; vol. 111).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Trends Towards Pure Leisure: Leisure as Ritual Performance
Wöhler, K., 2006, Time Shift, Leisure and Tourism: Impacts of Time Allocation on Successful Products and Services. Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H. & Bieger, T. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 187-193 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research