Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (6 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
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
Sand dunes Llobregat Delta
(vegetation succession/management)
Start 9.00 Finish 14.30
OR
Garraf Natural Park: Park
management issues, particularly the effects of fire on vegetation. A
comparison between 3 sites with differing burn histories and the climax
vegetation for the area,
OR
1. Rendzina soil study on a limestone slope
2. Mediterranean xerophytic adaptations
3. Park management issues and simulation exercise
Start 9.00 Finish 15.00
Return 15.30 - arrival at hotel 15.15
18.00 Follow-up work
Dinner 20.00
Work continuation after dinner
Day 5
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 The social, economic and environmental impact of urban regeneration
initiatives: El Raval, Barcelona
How successful have the initiatives been?
The reasons for and the effects of gentrification
17.00 Return to hotel
18.30 Arrive at hotel
20.00 Evening meal
Classroom follow-up
Day 6
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 A TNC in Spain: the social and economic impact. Led by John Barrass
(editor 'Barcelona Business'
Afternoon may include a factory visit and/or a tour
of the Zona Franca tax-free industrial area.
Free time for shopping?
20.00 Evening meal
09.00 Evening excursion: Maremagnum Entertainment Complex, Barcelona
01.00 Return to hotel
Day 7
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
Rural Depopulation: Les Garrigues.
A comparison of 4 contrasting settlements, each revealing
different social, economic or environmental effects of out-migration.
Linking census data within the follow-up session. Development of
models of sustainable rural development based upon an analysis of data collected
during the day.
