David Bole
Biographic Data
| ID | 3064426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Bole |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Bole |
| SIGNATURE | BOLE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2773-0583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Will remote work drive a new wave of suburbanisation in Poland? Analysing the relocation preferences of Polish office employees
From nostalgia to disdain: The contested role of industrial heritage narratives in legitimising post-industrial urban transformation
Narratives of industrial heritage significantly shape post-industrial urban transformation. Drawing on concepts from spatial planning and economic geography, this study examines how spatial and historical contexts influence perceptions of industrial heritage in Trbovlje, a former mining town in Slovenia. The study explores how actors mobilise these perceptions to legitimise competing narratives and thus navigate urban development trajectories. Th…
Problematization and policy responses to youth (out)migration in small and medium-sized industrial towns
Underestimated and not well covered by academic literature, youth outmigration in small and medium-sized industrial towns and regions is a pressing development issue. As a highly selective process, it is often layered by gender and education, which calls for a better understanding and improved policies to be devised. Drawing on a mixed-method research approach, this article analyses two European case studies. It reveals a lack of integrated and c…
Going beyond city size: Agency and multiscalarity in the transformation of industrial towns in Slovenia and Switzerland
People or place? Towards a system of holistic locational values for creative workers
Previous studies of the locational patterns of European creative workers typically neglect their lower mobility, focusing on a simplistic “attraction and retention” logic. They largely fail to consider the heterogeneity of places and people, disregarding the basic human functions that connect people to their environment. Our objective is to propose a system of locational values that adds depth to the dynamics between creative people and places. T…
Linking industrial culture and human agency in three (post)industrial towns: Collective and individual agency shaping development paths
The aim of this article is to better understand the relationship between industrial culture and human agency and how it influences development outcomes. The study is set in the geographical context of three small and old industrial towns, where traditional industrial practices are embedded in the material and institutional environment and people's behaviours that form a distinctive industrial culture. Conceptually, we use a relational perspective…
From a mining town to a town of industrial multinationals: Explaining transformation through human agency and mining assets
The article examines the transformation of a mining town to an industrial powerhouse by focusing on relations between specific agents and assets in the community. The objectives of this research are 1) to outline how human agency in a mining town mediated key transformation events, 2) to identify skills or specific capabilities of these agents which enacted changes, and 3) to recognize which (mining-related) assets were used or altered in the pro…
Clash of Two Identities: What Happens to Industrial Identity in a Post-Industrial Society
This article examines the contemporary industrial semiotic landscape in the town of Velenje, Slovenia, to determine the (positive or negative) collective imaginaries and discourses about industry in the local community. To this end, the semiotic landscape is mapped for signs and symbols of past and present industry, 33 randomly selected short interviews are conducted to understand the residents’ attitudes towards industrial symbols and industrial…
Industrial culture as an agent of social innovation: Reflections from Velenje, Slovenia
Industrial towns are often framed as marginalized and less innovative compared with service-oriented urban agglomerations. Their specific trajectories create both opportunities and constraints for new concepts, such as social innovation. However, little is known about their innovative capacity in relation to societal and cultural norms and social capital. The objective of this article is therefore to analyse the capacity of an industrial town to …
Forgotten values of industrial city still alive: What can the creative city learn from its industrial counterpart
In the last two decades, the creative city agenda has evolved into a predominantly neoliberal policy instrument, which seems to hide rather than reduce urban inequalities characterised by gentrification, unaffordability, precariousness, and segregation. Scholars have only recently started to search for alternatives for understanding and developing the creative city of today by highlighting the usefulness of older concepts of urban development. Ho…
What is industrial culture anyway?' Theoretical framing of the concept in economic geography
In geography, industrial culture is a surprisingly understudied concept. Even when it is considered to play a role in the transformation processes of industrial cities or regions, it is not only terminologically diverse, but also lacks a firm theoretical and conceptual basis. This study conceptualises industrial culture and relates it to ongoing debates in various fields of geography by examining a range of literature from geography and related d…
Participatory Research on Heritage- and Culture-Based Development: A Perspective from South-East Europe
The objective of the chapter is to highlight the relevance and implementation of culture- and heritage-led regional and local development in South-East Europe. By implementing the participatory research methodology at two major events in Europe, we analysed the practitioners’ views on the topics of culture- and heritage-led development. Our results showed that culture and heritage are characteristic and unique and could provide a distinctive adde…
Participatory Research and Planning in Practice
This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and post-earthquake recovery. Further, it compares participa…
The The impact of territorial policies on the distribution of the creative economy: Tracking spatial patterns of innovation in Slovenia
The creative economy as an alternative pathway for industrial decline was first introduced into practice in metropolitan regions of the Global North. Since then, it has gradually spread out to other highly urbanized areas of the Global South and transitional areas such as post-socialist European countries. Numerous studies tried to explain structural conditions and suggested policies to attract, retain and release creative potentials. However, th…
Javno dobro, skupni viri in skupno: Vpliv zgodovinske zapuščine na sodobno dojemanje v Sloveniji kot tranzicijski družbi
Namen prispevka je proučiti in jasno opredeliti pojme javno dobro, skupni viri in skupno. V članku smo na podlagi prostorsko-časovne analize, intervjujev in delavnic med splošno in strokovno javnostjo osvetlili dojemanje javnega dobra in skupnega v Sloveniji kot tranzicijski družbi. Analiza je pokazala, da na razumevanje teh pojmov med splošno javnostjo še vedno močno vpliva poudarjanje socialne pravičnosti, enakosti in dostopnosti dobrin za vse …
Public goods, common-pool resources, and the commons: The influence of historical legacy on modern perceptions in Slovenia as a transitional society
This article aims to study and clearly define the terms public good, common-pool resources, and the commons. Using path dependency analysis, interviews, and workshops among the general public and experts, we highlight the perception of public goods and the commons in Slovenia as a transitional society. The analysis reveals that the general public’s understanding of these terms is still strongly influenced by communist socialist-era emphasis on so…
Creativity at the European Periphery: Spatial Distribution and Developmental Implications in the Ljubljana Region
Sekundarna gospodarska središča v Ljubljani: Analiza stanja in presoja načrtovanega razvoja
V prispevku predstavljamo sekundarna gospodarska središča v Ljubljani glede na stanje predloga prostorskega načrta Mestne občine Ljubljana iz leta 2008. V uvodu je pojasnjen izraz sekundarno gospodarsko središče, nato je predstavljena osnovna tipologija sekundarnih gospodarskih središč, ki temelji na zgodovinskem pristopu in pomeni inventarizacijo omenjenih središč v Ljubljani. Predstavljene so izbrane značilnosti teh središč, zlasti s poslovnega…
Secondary business districts in Ljubljana: Analysis of conditions and assessment of planned development
Presoja primernosti načrtovanih vrtičkarskih območij v Ljubljani
V prispevku je na primeru vrtikarstva v Ljubljani predstavljen vidik nartovanja te samooskrbne dejavnosti pridelovanja vrtnin, ki veinoma stihijsko obsta
Assessing the suitability of planned garden-plot areas in Ljubljana
suitable infrastructure. We evaluated the appropriateness of the planned locations in the draft City Munici pality of Ljubljana Zoning Implementation Plan on the basis of the fulfillment of key exclusion and attraction criteria that were established based on survey answers included in support of the decision-making with the help of GIS tools. Decision-making by consensus, inclusion of public stakeholders, and establishing dialog between the city …
Cultural industry as a result of new city tertiarization
The article introduces a new form of economic activities, which has attracted much attention during the past years. This new form is cultural industry, a term which defines a certain part of tertiary activities, the importance of which is rapidly gaining in importance within cities. The term cultural industry includes all highly specialized services, which provide products and services, that have a higher symbolic than material value and trade wi…
A creative milieu and the role of geography in studying the competitiveness of cities: The case of Ljubljana
The article is composed of two parts. The first is based on theoretical geographical-devel-opmental factors of balanced competitiveness of cities (regions) in conditions of globalization and the emphasized role of a creative milieu as fundamental development impulses. The second one explores the importance of Ljubljana and its role in the system of innovative urban centers in contrast to the metrop-olis agglomerations in the wider surroundings em…
Industrial culture as an agent of social innovation: Reflections from Velenje, Slovenia
Industrial towns are often framed as marginalized and less innovative compared with service-oriented urban agglomerations. Their specific trajectories create both opportunities and constraints for new concepts, such as social innovation. However, little is known about their innovative capacity in relation to societal and cultural norms and social capital. The objective of this article is therefore to analyse the capacity of an industrial town to …
What is industrial culture anyway?' Theoretical framing of the concept in economic geography
In geography, industrial culture is a surprisingly understudied concept. Even when it is considered to play a role in the transformation processes of industrial cities or regions, it is not only terminologically diverse, but also lacks a firm theoretical and conceptual basis. This study conceptualises industrial culture and relates it to ongoing debates in various fields of geography by examining a range of literature from geography and related d…
Linking industrial culture and human agency in three (post)industrial towns: Collective and individual agency shaping development paths
The aim of this article is to better understand the relationship between industrial culture and human agency and how it influences development outcomes. The study is set in the geographical context of three small and old industrial towns, where traditional industrial practices are embedded in the material and institutional environment and people's behaviours that form a distinctive industrial culture. Conceptually, we use a relational perspective…
Clash of Two Identities: What Happens to Industrial Identity in a Post-Industrial Society
This article examines the contemporary industrial semiotic landscape in the town of Velenje, Slovenia, to determine the (positive or negative) collective imaginaries and discourses about industry in the local community. To this end, the semiotic landscape is mapped for signs and symbols of past and present industry, 33 randomly selected short interviews are conducted to understand the residents’ attitudes towards industrial symbols and industrial…
A creative milieu and the role of geography in studying the competitiveness of cities: The case of Ljubljana
The article is composed of two parts. The first is based on theoretical geographical-devel-opmental factors of balanced competitiveness of cities (regions) in conditions of globalization and the emphasized role of a creative milieu as fundamental development impulses. The second one explores the importance of Ljubljana and its role in the system of innovative urban centers in contrast to the metrop-olis agglomerations in the wider surroundings em…
Cultural industry as a result of new city tertiarization
The article introduces a new form of economic activities, which has attracted much attention during the past years. This new form is cultural industry, a term which defines a certain part of tertiary activities, the importance of which is rapidly gaining in importance within cities. The term cultural industry includes all highly specialized services, which provide products and services, that have a higher symbolic than material value and trade wi…
Presoja primernosti načrtovanih vrtičkarskih območij v Ljubljani
V prispevku je na primeru vrtikarstva v Ljubljani predstavljen vidik nartovanja te samooskrbne dejavnosti pridelovanja vrtnin, ki veinoma stihijsko obsta
Assessing the suitability of planned garden-plot areas in Ljubljana
suitable infrastructure. We evaluated the appropriateness of the planned locations in the draft City Munici pality of Ljubljana Zoning Implementation Plan on the basis of the fulfillment of key exclusion and attraction criteria that were established based on survey answers included in support of the decision-making with the help of GIS tools. Decision-making by consensus, inclusion of public stakeholders, and establishing dialog between the city …
Sekundarna gospodarska središča v Ljubljani: Analiza stanja in presoja načrtovanega razvoja
V prispevku predstavljamo sekundarna gospodarska središča v Ljubljani glede na stanje predloga prostorskega načrta Mestne občine Ljubljana iz leta 2008. V uvodu je pojasnjen izraz sekundarno gospodarsko središče, nato je predstavljena osnovna tipologija sekundarnih gospodarskih središč, ki temelji na zgodovinskem pristopu in pomeni inventarizacijo omenjenih središč v Ljubljani. Predstavljene so izbrane značilnosti teh središč, zlasti s poslovnega…
Secondary business districts in Ljubljana: Analysis of conditions and assessment of planned development
Creativity at the European Periphery: Spatial Distribution and Developmental Implications in the Ljubljana Region
The The impact of territorial policies on the distribution of the creative economy: Tracking spatial patterns of innovation in Slovenia
The creative economy as an alternative pathway for industrial decline was first introduced into practice in metropolitan regions of the Global North. Since then, it has gradually spread out to other highly urbanized areas of the Global South and transitional areas such as post-socialist European countries. Numerous studies tried to explain structural conditions and suggested policies to attract, retain and release creative potentials. However, th…
Javno dobro, skupni viri in skupno: Vpliv zgodovinske zapuščine na sodobno dojemanje v Sloveniji kot tranzicijski družbi
Namen prispevka je proučiti in jasno opredeliti pojme javno dobro, skupni viri in skupno. V članku smo na podlagi prostorsko-časovne analize, intervjujev in delavnic med splošno in strokovno javnostjo osvetlili dojemanje javnega dobra in skupnega v Sloveniji kot tranzicijski družbi. Analiza je pokazala, da na razumevanje teh pojmov med splošno javnostjo še vedno močno vpliva poudarjanje socialne pravičnosti, enakosti in dostopnosti dobrin za vse …
Public goods, common-pool resources, and the commons: The influence of historical legacy on modern perceptions in Slovenia as a transitional society
This article aims to study and clearly define the terms public good, common-pool resources, and the commons. Using path dependency analysis, interviews, and workshops among the general public and experts, we highlight the perception of public goods and the commons in Slovenia as a transitional society. The analysis reveals that the general public’s understanding of these terms is still strongly influenced by communist socialist-era emphasis on so…
Participatory Research on Heritage- and Culture-Based Development: A Perspective from South-East Europe
The objective of the chapter is to highlight the relevance and implementation of culture- and heritage-led regional and local development in South-East Europe. By implementing the participatory research methodology at two major events in Europe, we analysed the practitioners’ views on the topics of culture- and heritage-led development. Our results showed that culture and heritage are characteristic and unique and could provide a distinctive adde…
Participatory Research and Planning in Practice
This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and post-earthquake recovery. Further, it compares participa…
Forgotten values of industrial city still alive: What can the creative city learn from its industrial counterpart
In the last two decades, the creative city agenda has evolved into a predominantly neoliberal policy instrument, which seems to hide rather than reduce urban inequalities characterised by gentrification, unaffordability, precariousness, and segregation. Scholars have only recently started to search for alternatives for understanding and developing the creative city of today by highlighting the usefulness of older concepts of urban development. Ho…
What is industrial culture anyway?' Theoretical framing of the concept in economic geography
In geography, industrial culture is a surprisingly understudied concept. Even when it is considered to play a role in the transformation processes of industrial cities or regions, it is not only terminologically diverse, but also lacks a firm theoretical and conceptual basis. This study conceptualises industrial culture and relates it to ongoing debates in various fields of geography by examining a range of literature from geography and related d…
Clash of Two Identities: What Happens to Industrial Identity in a Post-Industrial Society
This article examines the contemporary industrial semiotic landscape in the town of Velenje, Slovenia, to determine the (positive or negative) collective imaginaries and discourses about industry in the local community. To this end, the semiotic landscape is mapped for signs and symbols of past and present industry, 33 randomly selected short interviews are conducted to understand the residents’ attitudes towards industrial symbols and industrial…
Industrial culture as an agent of social innovation: Reflections from Velenje, Slovenia
Industrial towns are often framed as marginalized and less innovative compared with service-oriented urban agglomerations. Their specific trajectories create both opportunities and constraints for new concepts, such as social innovation. However, little is known about their innovative capacity in relation to societal and cultural norms and social capital. The objective of this article is therefore to analyse the capacity of an industrial town to …
From a mining town to a town of industrial multinationals: Explaining transformation through human agency and mining assets
The article examines the transformation of a mining town to an industrial powerhouse by focusing on relations between specific agents and assets in the community. The objectives of this research are 1) to outline how human agency in a mining town mediated key transformation events, 2) to identify skills or specific capabilities of these agents which enacted changes, and 3) to recognize which (mining-related) assets were used or altered in the pro…
People or place? Towards a system of holistic locational values for creative workers
Previous studies of the locational patterns of European creative workers typically neglect their lower mobility, focusing on a simplistic “attraction and retention” logic. They largely fail to consider the heterogeneity of places and people, disregarding the basic human functions that connect people to their environment. Our objective is to propose a system of locational values that adds depth to the dynamics between creative people and places. T…
Linking industrial culture and human agency in three (post)industrial towns: Collective and individual agency shaping development paths
The aim of this article is to better understand the relationship between industrial culture and human agency and how it influences development outcomes. The study is set in the geographical context of three small and old industrial towns, where traditional industrial practices are embedded in the material and institutional environment and people's behaviours that form a distinctive industrial culture. Conceptually, we use a relational perspective…
Problematization and policy responses to youth (out)migration in small and medium-sized industrial towns
Underestimated and not well covered by academic literature, youth outmigration in small and medium-sized industrial towns and regions is a pressing development issue. As a highly selective process, it is often layered by gender and education, which calls for a better understanding and improved policies to be devised. Drawing on a mixed-method research approach, this article analyses two European case studies. It reveals a lack of integrated and c…
Going beyond city size: Agency and multiscalarity in the transformation of industrial towns in Slovenia and Switzerland
Will remote work drive a new wave of suburbanisation in Poland? Analysing the relocation preferences of Polish office employees
From nostalgia to disdain: The contested role of industrial heritage narratives in legitimising post-industrial urban transformation
Narratives of industrial heritage significantly shape post-industrial urban transformation. Drawing on concepts from spatial planning and economic geography, this study examines how spatial and historical contexts influence perceptions of industrial heritage in Trbovlje, a former mining town in Slovenia. The study explores how actors mobilise these perceptions to legitimise competing narratives and thus navigate urban development trajectories. Th…
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (10 works) · Economic geography (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Regional resilience and development (8 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Economy (6 works)