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
- 2004
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Billig-standardisiert und hochwertig spezialisiert: Tourismusangebote als Widerspiegelung des veränderten Verbraucherverhaltens
Wöhler, K-H., 2004, Tourismuspolitik im neuen Jahrtausend: Strukturwandel, neue Trends und Strategie. Atabay, S. (ed.). Istanbul: Technische Universität Yildiz, p. 2-18 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Das Pumpspeicherwerk in Geesthacht
Pries, M., 2004, In: Industrie-Kultur. 1, p. 10 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Erstes und zweites Zuhause: Wohnen und Reisen
Wöhler, K., 2004, Die Kultur der 70er Jahre. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 233-243 11 p. (Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fernreisen als postkoloniales Reisen
Wöhler, K., 2004, Ferntourismus wohin?: Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont. Luger, K., Baumgartner, C. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 57-72 16 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ferntourismus wohin? Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont
Luger, K. (ed.), Wöhler, K. (ed.) & Baumgartner, C., 2004, Innsbruck/Wien/München/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 506 p. (Tourismus – transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 8)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Krümmel als Kulturdenkmal
Pries, M., 2004, Ein Traum ohne Ende: Beiträge über das Leben und Wirken Alfred Bernhard Nobels aus dem Jubiläumsjahr 2001 in Geesthacht. Boehart, W. & Busch, W-R. (eds.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 143-157 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltigkeitsdenken und Nachhaltigkeitsreden: Ethikdiskurs im Tourismus
Wöhler, K. & Saretzki, A., 2004, Ferntourismus wohin?: Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont. Luger, K., Baumgartner, C. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 327-342 16 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nettelnburg: eine lebendige Siedlung
Pries, M. & Reitenbach, S., 2004, Nettelnburg: Ritter - Bauern - Siedler. Dahms, G. (ed.). Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 162-181 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Qualitätszeichen und Reiseentscheidungen
Wöhler, K., 2004, Qualitätszeichen im Tourismus: Vermarktung und Wahrnehmung von Leistungen. Weiermair, K. & Pikkemaat, B. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 21-38 18 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The rediscovery of slowness, or leisure time as one's own and as self-aggrandizement?
Wöhler, K., 2004, The tourism and leisure industry: Shaping the future. Weiermair, K. & Mathies, C. (eds.). Binghamton, NY [u.a.]: Haworth Hospitality Press, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research