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What makes Gloucester an interesting case study?

April 28, 2015February 16, 2016Oxford Geography Team
Gloucester Docks at night

Whilst writing about the regeneration of Gloucester for a GeoActive article recently, I was encouraged to reflect on what makes this city an interesting case study. As my school is in the Gloucester, the question of accessibility and personal knowledge/experience accounts for the choice from a pragmatic point of view but to be useful to […]

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