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Title:
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ETHNICITY AND PARAMETRIC URBAN DESIGN: SURVEY, CODING DATA AND GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD CARTS AND TRUCKS IN PORTLAND & NEW YORK |
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Author(s):
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Philip Speranza, Stephen P Maher |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-41-8 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Urban Design, Architecture, Ethnicity, Data Collection, Grasshopper, GIS |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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147 |
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Last Page:
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156 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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The purpose of urban design is to support the specific needs of people to their place. As people's values and identities may change quickly over time, the urban design of their location may not fit their current needs. Mobile food trucks and food carts provide an opportunity to meet the urban needs of people through distinct qualities of cuisine, entrepreneurship and architecture when compared to traditional brick and mortar businesses. These characteristics allow opportunities for business types that originate from the ethnic origin of their owners. This research investigates workflow methods to measure, codify, analyze and visualize the geospatial urban relationships of food carts and food trucks in Portland, Oregon and New York City. Online survey service Formhub and mobile application software ODK Collect are used to perform first-hand surveys for data collection. Geospatial analysis at the individual-scale of each vehicle uses a multi-platform workflow of Rhino/Grasshopper (Rutten 2007) software with spreadsheets and OpenStreetMap data. These new methods for analysis parallel the everyday social media tools that enhance connections between entrepreneurship, cuisine and architecture, with people in cities. |
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