The diagram below shows the changes, which took place in a coastal area called Portland from 1950 to 2007. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the diagrams below.

The maps illustrate the layout of a coastal town Portland in 1950 and

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show the changes that had occurred by 2007.

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, it can be seen that many changes

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been introduced over the given period of time. The principal change was the construction of a yacht marina in the sea and the addition of a swimming pool, shops, cinema, houses and a multi-storey

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. Looking at the maps in more detail, in 1950, there was a road from north to south ending. To the west of the road, there was an industrial area and to the east, there was a

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. Grassland was in the southwest and southeast. Many changes had taken place in 2007. A yacht marina was constructed on the sea. The

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in the northeast and industrial area in the northeast had been replaced by apartments and a

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, swimming pool and multi-storey

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. There were shops and

cinema

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in place of the grasslands in the southeast,

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there were shops and houses in the southwest.