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Gentrification and the Artistic Dividend: The Role of the Arts in Neighborhood Change

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  • Carl Grodach
  • Nicole Foster
  • James Murdoch

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Problem, research strategy, and findings: There is a conflict between recent creative placemaking policies intended to promote positive neighborhood development through the arts and the fact that the arts have long been cited as contributing to gentrification and the displacement of lower-income residents. Unfortunately, we do not have data to demonstrate widespread evidence of either outcome. We address the dearth of comprehensive research and inform neighborhood planning efforts by statistically testing how two different groups of arts activities-the fine arts and commercial arts industries-are associated with conditions indicative of revitalization and gentrification in 100 large U.S. metropolitan areas. We find that different arts activities are associated with different types and levels of neighborhood change. Commercial arts industries show the strongest association with gentrification in rapidly changing areas, while the fine arts are associated with stable, slow-growth neighborhoods. Takeaway for practice: This research can help planners to more effectively incorporate the arts into neighborhood planning efforts and to anticipate the potential for different outcomes in their arts development strategies, including gentrification-related displacement.

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  • Carl Grodach & Nicole Foster & James Murdoch, 2014. "Gentrification and the Artistic Dividend: The Role of the Arts in Neighborhood Change," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 80(1), pages 21-35, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjpaxx:v:80:y:2014:i:1:p:21-35
    DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2014.928584
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    1. Carl Grodach & Nicole Foster & James Murdoch, 2018. "Gentrification, displacement and the arts: Untangling the relationship between arts industries and place change," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(4), pages 807-825, March.
    2. Fabiana Forte & Pierfrancesco De Paola, 2019. "How Can Street Art Have Economic Value?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-11, January.
    3. Marco Boffi & Nicola Rainisio & Paolo Inghilleri, 2023. "Nurturing Cultural Heritages and Place Attachment through Street Art—A Longitudinal Psycho-Social Analysis of a Neighborhood Renewal Process," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-17, July.
    4. Amir B. Ferreira Neto, 2021. "The diffusion of cultural district laws across US States," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 67(1), pages 189-210, August.
    5. Elizabeth A. Mack & Emily Talen & Julia Koschinsky, 2017. "Walkable Art: An Empirical Investigation of Arts-Related Businesses and Walkable Neighborhoods," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 31(2), pages 149-163, May.
    6. Andrea Pollio & Liam Magee & Ien Ang & David Rowe & Deborah Stevenson & Teresa Swist & Alexandra Wong, 2021. "SURVIVING SUPERGENTRIFICATION IN INNER CITY SYDNEY: Adaptive Spaces and Makeshift Economies of Cultural Production," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(5), pages 778-794, September.
    7. Hanna Nyborg Storm, 2022. "From Bilbao to Bodø: how cultural flagships are transforming local cultural life," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 46(4), pages 723-746, December.

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