| 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
15.00 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, with possible other studies of:
1. Rendzina soils on a limestone slope
2. Mediterranean xerophytic adaptations
3. Park management issues and simulation exercise
Start 9.00 Finish 16.30
Return 17.00 - arrival at hotel 17.30 |
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
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
|
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 |
| Fri 19 Oct |
08.00 Breakfast
Departure |
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