Geography Fieldwork Itinerary Example (7 full days)
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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
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 |
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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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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 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 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 9 | 08.00 Breakfast
Departure |
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