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. 2005
  2. Published

    E-learning in crative planning processes: relational methods os designing on differentiated types of model

    Kirschner, U. & Kirschner, N., 2005, Digital Design: The Quest for New Paradigms: 23nd eCAADe Conference Proceedings, Lisbon (Portugal) 21-24 September 2005. Lisbon: Technical University of Lisbon, p. 91-97 7 p.

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

  3. Published

    E-learning in Creative Planning Processes Relational methods of designing on differentiated types of model

    Kirschner, U. & Kirschner, N., 2005, Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: 23rd Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2005. Duarte, J. P., Ducla-Soares, G. & Sampaio, A. Z. (eds.). Lisbon: Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, p. 91-97 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

  4. Published

    Entfernung, Entfernen und Verorten

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Booked emotions: Tourism between localization and de-localization. Spode, H. & Ziehe, I. (eds.). Profil Verlag, p. 121-134 14 p. (Voyage. Jahrbuch für Reise- und Tourismusforschung; vol. 7)(Kleine Schriften der Freunde des Museums Europäischer Kulturen (Berlin); vol. 4).

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

  5. Published

    Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten

    Wöhler, K. (ed.), 2005, Münster: LIT Verlag. 216 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    New York und der 11. September - drei Jahre danach

    Pries, M., 2005, In: Geographische Rundschau. 57, 1, p. 4-12 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Ökonomisierung der Freizeit

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Zukunft - Freizeit - Wissenschaft. Popp, R. (ed.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 559-570 12 p. (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Zukunftsstudien – Salzburg; vol. 6).

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

  8. Published

    Ortsumfahrungen Patent- oder Scheinlösung? Entwicklung eines neuen Beurteilungsansatzes

    Pez, P., 2005, In: Raumplanung. 119, p. 87-92 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Topographie des Erlebens: Zur Verortung touristischer Erlebniswelten

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten. Wöhler, K. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 17-28 12 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5).

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

  10. Published

    Tourismuspolitik

    Wöhler, K., 2005, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Mickel, W. W. & Bergmann, J. M. (eds.). 3. überarb. u. erw. ed. Stuttgart: OMNIA-Verlag, p. 715-718 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  11. Published

    Verkehrswachstum und Modal Split

    Pez, P., 2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 494-502 9 p.

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