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

  1. 2016
  2. Published

    Touristische Verortungen: Reisen im Tourismusmodus: zur Persistenz der Romantik im Reise-Ich

    Wöhler, K., 29.01.2016, Kulturstraßen als Konzept: 20 Jahre Straße der Romanik. Ranft, A. & Schenkluhn, W. (eds.). Verlag Schnell und Steiner, p. 115-127 13 p. (more romano – Schriften des Europäischen Romanik Zentrums; vol. 5).

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

  3. Published

    Architektur Campus Leuphana: Online-Version des Architekturführers mit transcribierten Interviews

    Kirschner, U. & Pries, M., 2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 186 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

  4. Published

    Die vermarktete Stadt: Städtisches Kulturerbe aus marketingtheoretischer Sicht

    Saretzki, A., 2016, In: Informationen zur modernen Stadtgeschichte. 2016, 1, p. 66-74 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. 2015
  6. Published

    Die Zeit des Tourismus

    Wöhler, K., 01.2015, Tourismus und mobile Freizeit: Lebensformen, Trends, Herausforderung. Egger, R. & Luger, K. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 157-176 20 p.

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

  7. Published

    Tourismuspolitik

    Wöhler, K., 01.2015, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Bergmann, J. (ed.). 5. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 927-931 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Vom Schreiben und Lesen der Stadt: LiteraTouristische Erkundigungen des Urbanen

    Saretzki, A., 01.2015, Tourismus und mobile Freizeit: Lebensformen, Trends, Herausforderungen. Egger, R. & Luger, K. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 259-279 21 p.

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

  9. Published

    Digital Media Facades for Lively Public Spaces: Promoting Dialogue, Participation and Social Innovation in Urban Environments

    Albrecht, A., 2015, Making Cities Liveable Conference 2015: Pullman Melbourne on the Park, Melbourne; Conference Proceedings, Peer Reviewed . Association for Sustainability in Business Inc. , p. 4-19 16 p.

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

  10. Published

    Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen

    Luger, K. (Editor) & Wöhler, K. (Editor), 2015, Broschürte Neuauflage ed. Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag. 416 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    Ostseehäfen in Dänemark und Deutschland: Gibt es eine "Rezeptologie" der Waterfront Revitalisation?

    Pries, M., 2015, Europäische Hafenquartiere: zwischen Dornröschenschlaf, Industriekultur und Zukunftsvisionen; Deutschland, Dänemark, United Kingdom. Nagel, F. N. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 96-120 25 p. (Kulturlandschaftsforschung und Industriearchäologie. Beiträge der Geographie; vol. 5).

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

  12. Published

    "Strukturen aufbrechen": Eine Prozessbegleitung in Hamburg Altona

    Peickert, T. & Kirschner, U., 2015, Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung. Sommer, J. (ed.). Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Umweltstiftung, Vol. 1. p. 370 - 383 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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