| Date |
Time |
Theme/Activity |
Venue |
Transport |
Wed
10
|
16.45
|
Flight
arrival
Airport/hotel transfer |
|
Coach ½ hr |
| |
Evening
|
Introduction
to the characteristics, growth & development of Bcn
Evening meal |
Conference
Centre
Hotel |
|
Thu
11
|
Morning |
Breakfast
Orientation tour of Bcn & key features |
Hotel
Barcelona |
Coach 3 hr |
| |
14.00
|
Urban
continuity and change
Regeneration of a central urban area
Gentrification
Quality of life in a district of the city |
Barri
Gotic
El Raval
El Raval
El Raval |
Walk
|
| |
Evening
|
(a)
Cerda's l'Eixample
(b) Developing an urban landuse model of Bcn
Evening
meal |
Conference
Centre
Hotel
|
|
Fri
12
|
09.00
Morning |
Breakfast
Depart for Barcelona
Cerda's l'Eixample |
Hotel
l'Eixample |
Coach
½ hr |
| |
14.30
|
(a)
Barcelona - the first housing estate
(b) Vila Olympica - planning dreams of the past and the lessons learned?
(c) Urban renewal in a neglectedd suburb
(d) A declining city district |
Barceloneta
Olympic
Village
Poble Nou
Poble Nou |
Walk/Coach
|
| |
Evening
|
(a)
The demographic, economic, social & environmental issues arising from the
growth of Bcn, drawing out the significant processes of change
(b) Urban renewal & integrated urban planning
(c) Managing decline and growth in the city
(d) Criteria used to evaluated success of urban renewal strategies
(e) Barcelona: a sustainable city?
Evening meal |
Conference
Centre, Hotel
|
|
Sat
13
|
9.00
|
Breakfast
Depart for the Ebro Delta
(a) Sand dune ecosystem: vegetation succession
and / or
(b) Salt marsh ecosystem: vegetation succession
and / or
(c) Ricefield ecosystem; the impact of agriculture; reclamation of abandoned
ricefields
(d) Impact of grazing of saltmarsh vegetation
(e) Impact of aquaculture, fishing and salt mining
(f) Management issues in the Park |
Hotel
Ebro Delta
|
Coach
2 hrs
|
| |
Evening
|
Free
Evening meal |
Hotel |
|
Sun
14
|
9.00
|
Breakfast
Depart for Montseny
Microclimatic studies
Altitudinal vegetation zoning |
Hotel
Montseny
|
Coach
1½ hr
|
| |
14.00
|
Depart
for the airport
Flight 17.35 |
|
|
