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| Date |
Morning |
Afternoon |
Evening |
Skills |
Transport |
| Day 1 |
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Arrive 13.45 BA 1796
Lunch at hotel
Orientation tour of city to include Zona Franca (tax-free industrial zone) |
Introduction to the course
Evening meal 20.00
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To be inserted |
Coach |
| Day 2 |
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
Barcelona: land use patterns related to contemporary models.
Urban transects to investigate economic and social changes across the city |
Urban transects continue |
Linking the role of economic and social processes and the part played by
physical factors
Evening meal 20.00
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To be inserted |
Public Transport |
| Day 3 |
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
El Raval: the social, economic and environmental impact of urban renewal
strategies.
Use of transects or quadrats |
Poble Nou: de-industrialisation and urban renewal: the new Silicon Valley?
The impact of the Olympic Village and current renewal strategies. The impact
of de-industrialisation
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Linking census data within
the follow-up session.
Evening Meal 20.00
Evening Excursion to Barcelona (additional cost) |
To be inserted |
Public Transport
Coach |
| Day 4 |
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
Coastal Management study: the Sitges coastline
The processes leading to coastal erosion and the evaluation of current
management strategies |
Evening meal 20.00
Classroom follow-up
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To be inserted |
Coach |
| Day 5 |
08.00 Breakfast
08.30 Depart
Garrotxa Volcanic Park
Arrive 10.30
Introduction to the Park: Castellfollit de la Roca (basaltic columns)
Croscat Volcano: variations in the form, type and frequency of eruption,
relating volcanic landforms to the nature of the plate boundary/hot spot. |
Santa Margarida :
volcanic landforms (2 hours)
Walk to Santa Pau (1 hour): changes in rural settlements study.
Visit the earthquake museum; characteristics of earthquakes; earthquake
simulator; earthquake hazard management.
18.00 Depart for Barcelona |
Evening meal 20.30
Classroom follow-up |
To be inserted |
Coach |
| Option Day 1 |
Breakfast
08.00
Depart
09.00
Rural
Depopulation case study: Les Garrigues.
A
comparison of 4 contrasting villages, each revealing different social, economic
and 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 |
To be inserted |
Coach |
| Option Day 2 |
Case studies of
two contrasting tourist development models (Sitges and Calafell) |
Evening meal 20.30
Classroom follow-up |
To be inserted |
Coach |
| Day 7 |
Breakfast 08.00
Depart hotel 12.00 |
Depart 14.30 BA 1797 |
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Coach |
