The ABCs of DEI in ACDs: Fostering belonging in arts and cultural districts
Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies
Published online on July 27, 2026
Abstract
Urban Studies, Ahead of Print.
Arts and cultural districts (ACDs) grew in the United States as an urban economic development strategy in the 1990s and 2000s, but scholars and activists have critiqued their role in gentrification and investigated how they can support diversity, equity, ...
Arts and cultural districts (ACDs) grew in the United States as an urban economic development strategy in the 1990s and 2000s, but scholars and activists have critiqued their role in gentrification and investigated how they can support diversity, equity, ...