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
- 2016
- 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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Architektur Campus Leuphana: Online-Version des Architekturführers mit transcribierten Interviews
Kirschner, U. & Pries, M., 2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 186 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2015
- 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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
- 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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review