| Day |
Morning |
Afternoon |
Evening |
| Fri 12 Oct |
Arrival |
Orientation tour of Barcelona
(coach) followed by hotel transfer |
Introduction to the course
20.00 Evening meal |
| Sat 13 Oct |
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 |
|
Sun 14 Oct |
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 |
| Mon 15 Oct |
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 15.00
Return 15.30 - arrival at hotel 15.15 |
18.00
Follow-up work
Dinner
20.00
Work continuation after
dinner
|
| Tues 16 Oct |
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
OR
Cerda's l'Eixample: differences in quality of life; effects of the
ProEixample regeneration schemes.
Applying models of urban structure: Hoyt and Burgess
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.
17.00 Return to hotel |
18.30 Arrive at
hotel
20.00 Evening meal
Classroom follow-up |
| Wed 17 Oct |
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
|
| Thur 18 Oct |
08.00 Breakfast
Departure |
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