Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (7 full days)
Day
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Fri 12 Oct
Arrival
Orientation tour of Barcelona
(coach) followed by hotel transfer
Introduction to the course
20.00 Evening meal
Sat 13 Oct
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
Sun 14 Oct
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
Mon 15 Oct
Breakfast 08.00
09.00 Depart for Barcelona
Cerda'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
Tues 16 Oct
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
Wed 17 Oct
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
Thur 18 Oct
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
Fri 19 Oct
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
