Orientation tour of city to include Zona Franca (tax-free industrial zone)
Introduction to the course
Evening meal 20.00
Coach
Thursday
22nd
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
Barcelona: land use patterns related to contemporary models. Urban transects
to investigate economic and social changes across the city.
Urban transects continue
Linking the role of economic and social processes and the part played by
physical factors
Evening meal 20.00
Public Transport
Friday
23rd
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
El Raval: the impact of urban renewal strategies.
Use of transects and quadrats
Linking census data within the follow-up session.
20.00 Evening Meal
Evening Excursion to Barcelona
Public Transport
Coach
Saturday
24th
OPTION A
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
'Wet' river study: A source-mouth
investigation of changes along the Tenes or Tordera rivers, examining changes in
discharge, bed load, channel shape, gradient, load in suspension, valley cross
section and land use
Evening meal 20.00
Classroom follow-up
Adjustment of clocks?
Coach
Saturday
24th
OPTION B
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 Riera de Ribes
Flash flooding and river management.
The effects of human activity on the storm hydrograph
Channel morphology: the factors affecting channel efficiency
An evaluation of river management schemes
16.30 Return to hotel
17.30 Classroom follow-up
20.00 Evening meal
Work continuation after
dinner
Coach
Sunday
25th
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 08.30
Garrotxa Volcanic Park
Arrive 10.30
Introduction to the Park: Castellfollit de la Roca (basaltic columns)
Croscat Volcano (volcanic landforms)
Altitudinal vegetation
zoning: Santa Margarida volcano crater rim (2 hours)
Walk to Santa Pau (1 hour): changes in rural settlements study.
18.00 Depart
Evening meal 20.30
Classroom follow-up
Coach
Monday
26th
Breakfast 08.00
09.00 John Barrass (editor of 'Barcelona Business'): Industrial Change in
Catalunya and Spain
12.00 Colònia
Sedó (effects of de-industrialisation)
