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

    Verkehr/Verkehrsinfrastruktur

    Pez, P., 2004, Niedersachsen-Lexikon. Hoffmann, P. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. 2003
  6. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Virtualisierung von touristischen Räumen

    Wöhler, K., 2003, In: Tourismus-Journal. 7, 2, p. 237-250 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. 2002
  12. Published

    Die alten Alpen? Nachhaltigkeit und bewahrender Fortschritt

    Wöhler, K., 2002, Der Alpentourismus: Entwicklungspotenziale im Spannungsfeld von Kultur, Ökonomie und Ökologie. Luger, K. & Rest, F. (eds.). Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 269-280 12 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  13. Published

    Dorf und Industrie verschwinden

    Böhning, S., Pries, M. & Seidensticker, R., 2002, Lohbrügge - die Geschichte eines Hamburger Stadtteils: Bd. 3: Alles wird anders. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 87-93 7 p.

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