Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (3 full days)
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
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| 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 |
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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 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 |
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| Day 5 | 08.00 Breakfast
Morning sightseeing. |
Afternoon: departure | |