Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (7 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
09.00 Depart for Barcelona
Cerdà's l'Eixample: differences in quality of life; effects of the ProEixample
regeneration schemes.
Applying models of urban structure: Hoyt and Burgess
OR
The impact of the 1992 Olympics and planning for the compact city. Data can
be collected to contrast the social, economic and environmental characteristics
of two contrasting areas of the Poble Nou (Olympic Village) district which
is being developed as a new high-tech incubator/hyper-community zone but
which bears the very visible scars of recent deindustrialisation.
Footballers could remain in the city for the match.
19.00 Football Match
Dinner in Barcelona or cold buffet on return
Classroom follow-up
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
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.
20.00 Evening Meal
Day 7
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 8
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
