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| Id | 143 | |
| Author | Currid, E., ; Williams, S., | |
| Title | Two cities, five industries: Similarities and differences within and between cultural industries in New York and Los Angeles | |
| Reference | Currid, E., Williams, S. (2010) Two cities, five industries: Similarities and differences within and between cultural industries in New York and Los Angeles. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 29(3): 322‑335. |
Link to article | https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X09358559 |
| Abstract | Recent work has pointed towards the possibility that industries are not tied to their specific urban location as much as to their linkages with particular types of infrastructure and to their social and economic networks. Industries have similar clustering patterns even in very different cities. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, we conducted geographic information systems (GIS) analysis to compare cultural industries in Los Angeles and New York City, two cities with very different types of geography and urban environments. Two distinct findings emerged: (1) when cultural industries are disaggregated into distinct industrial subsectors (art, fashion, music, design), important differences among them emerge; and (2) cultural industries “behave” similarly in each city because their subsectors tend to colocate (e.g., art with design; music with film) in similar ways, and this colocation pattern remains consistent in both locations. Such notable clustering tendencies of cultural industries help inform future research and further enlighten our understanding of their location patterns. |
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| Many of the efforts resulting from such research implicitly (if not explicitly) are aimed at boosting consumer demand, drawing wellheeled and highly skilled residents, and facilitating the marketplace. . | In recent years, researchers have become particularly focused on the importance of the arts in the revitalization of blighted and depressed areas, luring of high-end labor pools and firms, and generation of tourism revenue. . | The patterns of cultural industry clustering and location have become increasingly significant in economic development literature and practice, as arts and culture have become central players in the revitalization of urban centers. . | To establish effective economic development, understanding the clustering patterns of arts and culture is an important first step. . | While cultural industries also have a global market, many of them involve performance, whether gallery openings or music shows, which means they need patronage in their immediate surroundings (whether this comes in the form of local residents or a constant flow of tourists). . | As such, cultural industries tend to locate in places where cultural performance infrastructures are also present, the latter again being located in neighborhoods where demand for their goods and services is high. . | Overall, these industries exhibit the need to be around a consumer base and high-value infrastructure necessary to their cultural production (e.g., stages, music halls, recording studios, and galleries). . | Implications for the Study of Cultural Industries We believe that these results provide some significant implications for economic development and policy. . | Furthermore, while design firms certainly need studios and infrastructure to do their work, a significant part of design is contract work, whereby a design firm (or designer) works on a site-specific project, which both allows and encourages design industry clustering in multiple neighborhoods where its services would be in demand. . | These developments solidified the citys position as one of the worlds leading centers of artistic production. . | In this article, we seek to look at how the location patterns of cultural industries may help inform economic development. . | Our study of cultural industries will help inform future research and further enlighten our understanding of their location patterns. . | Such a result corroborates Pratts (1997) Cultural Industry Production System model, whereby he posits that interaction across cultural subsectors along with maximizing links between their production processes and local tourism and development efforts can produce positive economic outcomes. . | Such notable clustering tendencies of cultural industries help inform future research and further enlighten our understanding of their location patterns.. |
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