| 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.
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
Sustainable city management
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 |
Breakfast 08.00
Depart 09.00
Coastal management: Sitges
Study of changes in beach profiles and sediment.
Impact of hard engineering schemes.
Development of a coastal management plan |
18.00 Follow-up work
Dinner 20.00
Work continuation after dinner if required
|
| Sat 20 Oct |
Breakfast 08.00
09.00 Depart for Barcelona
Cerda's l'Eixample: differences in quality of life; effects of the ProEixample
regeneration schemes and sustainable city management
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.
Sustainable city management
Footballers could remain in the city for the match. |
19.00 Football Match
Dinner in Barcelona or cold buffet on return
Classroom follow-up |
| Sun 21 Oct |
08.00 Breakfast
Departure |
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