PRIE conducts research of planning and public policy interest on the intersection between industries and occupations, on one hand, and regions, cities and communities, on the other. Each project involves teamwork and disseminates results through scholarly publications, policy pieces, the popular press, public speaking, and person-to-person outreach to parties directly concerned.

PRIE's Arts Economy Initiative conducts major studies on artists, arts and cultural organizations, and cultural industries, researching the intersection between cultural and urban/regional development policy. To be published in September, 2011, California's Arts and Cultural Ecology, using multiple data bases to explore the size, location, focus and economic impact of more than 10,000 California arts and cultural nonprofits as well as Californians' participation rates. Also coming in 2012, Contemporary Minnesota Native Artists: Tradition and Innovation, Community and Healing, Afton Press.

PRIE is pleased to report that Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa’s article, “Arts and Culture in Urban or Regional Planning: A Review and Research Agenda” Journal of Planning Education and Research, was the most downloaded article in 2010 in this journal of articles published in 2009 and 2010. Sage, the publisher, has given our colleagues and friends free access in perpetuity.

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The Distinctive City: An Occupational Approach
Reigning in Competition for Capital
Arts Economy Initiative