Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (3 full days)
Day
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Day 1
Arrival
Orientation tour of Barcelona (coach) followed by hotel transfer
Introduction to the course
20.00 Evening meal
Day 2
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 Sant Pere de Ribes
Flash flooding and river management.
The effects of human activity on the storm hydrograph
Channel morphology: the factors affecting channel efficiency
14.00 Return to hotel
16.30 Classroom follow-up
20.00 Evening meal
Classroom follow-up
Day 3
08.00 Breakfast
08.30 Depart for Garrotxa Volcanic Park
10.30 Plate tectonics and volcanic activity: destructive margin, constructive
margin or hot spot? Nature of different volcanic eruptions. Effects of the
eruptions.
13.00 Vegetation changes on the crater wall of the
Santa Margarida volcano: Brown earths, gleys and podsols.
15.30 Walk to Santa Pau through a variety of volcanic landscapes
17.30 Departure
19.30 Arrive at hotel
20.00 Evening meal
Follow-up work
Day 4
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 The social, economic and environmental impact of urban regeneration
initiatives: El Raval, Barcelona
