Census metropolitan areas as culture clusters

We are particularly grateful for the help of the members of the National Advisory Committee on Cultural Statistics, especially Nancy Duxbury and Richard Brownsey, and the members of the Creative City Network for their feedback. [...] The presence of many culture students in Halifax, in addition to higher than average proportions of their labour force working in culture industries and culture occupa- tions, supports the position of Halifax as a regional culture cluster. [...] For example, a report on culture clustering prepared by the Centre for Urban and Regional Development at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne delineated four ways in which the ‘creative’5 industries contribute to economic development in the North East of England. [...] He attributed the growing consumption of culture prod- ucts to growth in disposable income and time.7 O’Connor et al., stated that ”since the late 1980’s the cultural resources of cities have been subject to many claims…culture industries sat uneasily between ‘arts and culture’ and economic development, adding to both the sense of vibrancy of a city and, as a source of new employment opportunities [...] The report examines the culture labour force, culture programs in universities and colleges and the output of culture firms and organizations.