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
- 2011
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Auch Langsamkeit findet Stadt: Tourismus und Touristen in Städten
Wöhler, K., 2011, Slow Tourism: Reisen zwischen Langsamkeit und Sinnlichkeit. Antz, C., Eisenstein, B. & Eilzer, C. (eds.). 1. ed. München: Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 175-200 26 p. (Schriftenreihe des IMT; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Der digitale Raum als Vermittler zwischen Vision und Realität
Kirschner, U., 2011, Augmented Reality: Mensch, Raum und Virtualität. Hemmerling, M. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 25-41 17 p. (PerceptionLab; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Manchester - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu
Pries, M., 2011, Festschrift 20 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur. Budesheim, W. (ed.). Wentorf bei Hamburg: Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur, p. 178 - 199 22 p. (Beiträge für Wissenschaft und Kultur; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Räume der Kultur - Kulturräume
Wöhler, K., 2011, Die Kultur des 20. Jahrhunderts im Überblick. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 143-171 29 p. (Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Tourismuswissenschaft
Wöhler, K., 2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 1088-1094 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Touristifizierung von Räumen: Kulturwissenschaftliche und soziologische Studien zur Konstruktion von Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2011, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 278 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Zur psychischen, informationellen und emotionalen Einbindung des Kunden in den Dienstleistungsprozess von Wellnesseinrichtungen
Wöhler, K., 2011, Qualitätsmanagement in Wellnesseinrichtungen: Erfolg durch Kundenorientierung und hohe Standards. Krczal, A., Krczal, E. & Weiermair, K. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 127-140 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2010
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Medialization of Touristic Reality: The Berlin Wall Revisited
Saretzki, A., 28.06.2010, Tourism and Visual Culture: Vol. 2: Methods and Cases. Burns, P., Lester, J-A. & Bibbings, L. (eds.). Wallingford: CAB International, Vol. 2. p. 13-23 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Tourismusräume: Virtualisierung des Realen - Realisierung des Virtuellen
Wöhler, K., 05.03.2010, Topologien des Reisens: Tourismus - Imagination - Migration. Karentzos, A., Kittner, A-E. & Reuter, J. (eds.). Trier: Universitätsbibliothek Trier, p. 150-163 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Aesthetic Design of Masonry Arch Bridges
Ohler, A. & Kirschner, U., 2010, Proceedings of the Eight International Masonry Conference 2010. Jäger, W., Haseltine, B. & Fried, A. (eds.). The Masonry Society, p. 383-392 9 p. (Masonry : Proceedings of the British Masonry Society; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review