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. 2004
  2. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Das Pumpspeicherwerk in Geesthacht

    Pries, M., 2004, In: Industrie-Kultur. 1, p. 10 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    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 anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch