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
- 2013
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Mit dem Rad zur Schule, aber wo und wie? Von der Regelkunde zur Verkehrsraumanalyse
Pez, P., 2013, In: Grundschule Sachunterricht. Nr. 58, 2. Quartal 2013, p. 19-24 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Raum existiert nur im Raum
Wöhler, K., 2013, In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik. 24, D.1, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Senkungen als Folge der Rohstoffförderung in Lüneburg
Pries, M., 2013, In: Siedlungsforschung. 30, p. 179-189 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Stadtverkehrsrevolution Pedelec: Ergebnisse eines Reisezeitexperimentes in Lüneburg
Koch, F. & Pez, P., 2013, In: Raumplanung. 167, 3, p. 51-55 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Bologna Reform: Experiences with the transition to Bachelor's and Master's Programs in Germany and at the Leuphana University
Pez, P. & Reuther, H., 2013, Didaktik Aspekte interkultureller Kommunikation in der Bildung: Theorie und Praxis. Udmurtskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Vol. 1. p. 48-58 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"! Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language
Kirschner, U., 2013, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 10th International Conference, CDVE 2013, Proceedings: 10th Internation Conference, CDVE 2013, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain, September 2013, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, p. 35-42 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8091 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Vorwort
Pries, M., 2013, Kreativwirtschaft in Hamburg: Raumbedürfnisse und Raumangebote am Beispiel der Themenimmobilie Karostar und des Oberhafens. Pries, M. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 6 1 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
- 2012
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Reisen als Möglichkeit eines Anderssein-Könnens
Wöhler, K., 11.2012, Das Figurativ der Vagabondage: Kulturanalysen mobiler Lebensweisen. Rolshoven, J. & Maierhofer, M. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 255-271 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Welterbetourismus – ein interkulturelles Medium ?
Saretzki, A. & May, C., 11.2012, In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft. 4, 2, p. 151-165 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sakrale Räume als Welterbestätten: Deterritorialisierungs- und Reterritorialisierungsprozesse im Welterbetourismus, dargestellt am Beispiel des königlichen Hügels von Ambohimanga/Madagaskar
May, C. & Saretzki, A., 07.2012, Kulturfaktor Spiritualität und Tourismus: Sinnorientierung als Strategie für Destinationen. Hopfinger, H., Pechlaner, H., Schön, S. & Antz, C. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 79-104 26 p. (Schriften zu Tourismus und Freizeit; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research