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.
Main research areas
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
- 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/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
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Verkehr/Verkehrsinfrastruktur
Pez, P., 2004, Niedersachsen-Lexikon. Hoffmann, P. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Was bewirkt Sicherheit bzw. Unsicherheit? Prädiktoren der Reisesicherheit
Sonnenberg, G. & Wöhler, K., 2004, Sicherheit in Tourismus und Verkehr: Schutz vor Risiken und Krisen. Freyer, W. & Groß, S. (eds.). Dresden: FIT-Forschungsinstitut für Tourismus, p. 15-51 37 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Was soll die Diagnose: Überall Erlebnis?
Wöhler, K., 2004, ErlebnisWelten: Zum Erlebnisboom in der Postmoderne. Kagelmann, H. J., Bachleitner, R. & Rieder, M. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 220-226 7 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2003
- Published
Globalisierung, Dependenzen und Abkopplungen: Zur Verursachung von Armut in Mexico
Fuchs, M., 10.2003, In: Geographische Rundschau. 55, 10, p. 20-25 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Auf dem Weg zur neuen globalen Kompetenzaufteilung? Zur Internationalisierung von Entwicklung und Konstruktion in der deutschen Automobilzulieferung
Fuchs, M., 01.01.2003, In: Erdkunde. 57, 1, p. 55-66 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kulturstadt versus Stadtkultur: Zur räumlichen Touristifizierung des Alltagsfremden
Wöhler, K., 2003, KulturStädteTourismus. Bachleitner, R. & Kagelmann, H. J. (eds.). 1 ed. München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 21-34 14 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Pädagogik der Freizeit & Tourismus
Wöhler, K., 2003, Pädagogik der Freizeit. Popp, R. & Schwab, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 177-194 18 p. (Basiswissen Pädagogik: Pädagogische Arbeitsfelder; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Virtualisierung von touristischen Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2003, In: Tourismus-Journal. 7, 2, p. 237-250 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research