Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (6 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 |
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 15.00Return 15.30 - arrival at hotel 15.15 |
18.00 Follow-up work Dinner 20.00 Work continuation after dinner |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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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 |
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| Day 8 | 08.00 Breakfast
Departure |
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