The maps below show a science park in 2008 and the same park today. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The maps illustrate the developments which took place in the science

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between 2008 and today.

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, a comparison of the two maps reveals a complete transformation from a largely rural to a mainly urban area. In 2008, the

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was a much greener rural area with a large number of grassland, but during the next 16 years, the

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saw a number of significant changes. The most noticeable is that the grassland in the northwest of the

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was cut down to build a research and development

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.

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, the reception which was next to the offices was replaced by the University Hub.

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, a cycle path appeared from the woodland crossing the

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of the

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and running directly to the north.

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developments were the extension of the cyber security in the

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of the

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where the grassland was. Meanwhile, the IT

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was knocked down to construct an innovation

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. The final change was in the south of the

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where the station disappeared.