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
- 2012
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Medial erzeugte Befindlichkeiten
Wöhler, K., 02.2012, Analyse, Theorie und Geschichte der Medien: Festschrift für Werner Faulstich. Karmasin, M. & Winter, C. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 115-127 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Raum, Tourismus, Kultur: Die Konstruktion des Tourismusraumes "Dänische Südsee"
May, C., 2012, München/Wien: Profil Verlag. 285 p. (Eichstätter Tourismuswissenschaftliche Beiträge; vol. 13)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Resort
Wöhler, K., 2012, Ortsregister: Ein Glossar zu Räumen der Gegenwart. Marquardt, N. & Schreiber, V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 243-249 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Tourismuspolitik
Wöhler, K., 2012, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Bergmann, J., Mickel, W. M. & Grupp, C. D. (eds.). 4. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 884-888 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Wasser als Mangelware der Zukunft auch in Norddeutschland ? Die Zukunft der Wasserwirtschaft im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen
Pries, M., 2012, Nordwestdeutschland 2037 - Niedersachsen und Bremen in 25 Jahren: Wissenschaftliche Visionen und Essays. Venzke, J.-F. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 87-96 10 p. (Hannoversche Geographische Arbeiten; vol. 61).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2011
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Dienstleistungsgesellschaft
Wöhler, K., 11.2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). 1. ed. Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 279-284 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Freizeit
Wöhler, K., 11.2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). 1. ed. Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 220-225 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Produire un espace sacré: controverses autour du site de la colline royale d'Ambohimanga à Madagascar
Saretzki, A. & May, C., 07.2011, In: Mondes du tourisme : revue pluridisciplinaire de recherche. 2, 3, p. 26-40 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Active Citizenship in the Planning Process: Information Management vs. Creative Participation
Kirschner, U., 2011, Cooperative design, visualization, and engineering: 8th international conference ; proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, p. 94-101 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6874 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Active Cityship in the planning process for the future plan "More Altona"
Kirschner, U., 2011, In: V!rus. 5, 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review