Band 9: 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 map illustrates the buildings and roads of the science park at the present day and how it looked in 2008.

Overall, it is noticeable that many new cycle paths were built, and all of the grasslands were demolished.

Looking at the information in more detail, there were three new cycle paths constructed; two of them were around the car park, and another was on the eastern side of the park. Moreover, the offices and the business units stayed in their original positions as they were in 2008, while the IT center was replaced with the Innovation center. Furthermore, in 2008 science park had 10 grass areas, but nowadays none of them remain; therefore, research and development was built instead of the northwestern grasslands. In addition, the car park and the cyber security area had some changes, due to a new western block added to the IT security area, leading to the car park becoming more tiny than it was in the past. One of the most significant changes was the construction of the bus stop beyond the cyber security area and the railway station on the southern corner of the map.