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Data dimension: accessing urban data and making it accessible:

This article talks and explains how to extract large amounts of information about dynamic urban information to make it both accessible and usable to make crucial decisions later. We can use this information to create correlations between states, countries, or even smaller communities. It is important to provide this information to citizens so that they are informed and well versed in their communities. This information can also be used to see patterns like how Kentucky related more with Ohio than other surrounding states.

Food, time, and space:

This article explains the correlation between food trucks and mobile food catering and how they contribute to the urban fabric and help create variety and life on a street level. We discover the cost correlated to these business models and the price jump from small food carts to more expensive trucks that have their own kitchen and prepping facilities and since it needs to be compact it is oftentimes proportionally more expensive than other more established kitchens. We also discuss how these trucks can be moved and arranged to make organic and thoughtfully orchestrated use of space.

SOCIAL “CODING:” URBAN PROCESSES AND SOCIO-COMPUTATIONAL WORKFLOW:

The urban fabric is important in understanding how the buildings, food trucks, and the socio- dynamic areas of a city can thrive and connect to each other to create more variation and better city design.