Rural areas in Korea have social problems such as rapid population reduction, aging, decline of village communities, and backwardness due to industrialization and urbanization, but rural development policies and projects are being promoted in various ...
Rural areas in Korea have social problems such as rapid population reduction, aging, decline of village communities, and backwardness due to industrialization and urbanization, but rural development policies and projects are being promoted in various ways. But Releasing, rural population is constantly decreasing and Regional Disparity in housing, infrastructure, and culture is constantly going on. The reason why this phenomenon occurs is that the gap between urban and rural areas is large in the basic living base sector in rural areas. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the minimum basic living infrastructure that the people need in rural areas, and in particular, improvement in health and regular life service infrastructure is essential.
Recently, the need for green spaces has been raised in small and medium-sized urban and rural areas to increase the quality of life and settlement satisfaction of residents, and Lee Cha-hee et al. (2019) argued the importance of increasing the quality of living environment at the public level, not in the private area. Through this, it can be seen that there is a demand for organized green spaces provided in cities in rural areas. Currently, the green area per capita in rural areas is evaluated to be higher than that of urban areas, but there is a lack of green space that can be easily accessed and used on foot in terms of living areas. It can be seen that this is a phenomenon that occurs because the land use in rural areas is systematically designated and not managed. Therefore, since rural areas do not have systematic designation and management of land use, parks and green spaces are insufficient.
Therefore, this study is a study on green areas in rural areas that have been overlooked so far, and the purpose of this study is to provide basic data on the classification of green spaces in rural areas and rural space planning through resident surveys and GIS space analysis. In the GIS spatial analysis, the spatial characteristics of rural areas were investigated through the use area, and lifestyle, movement patterns, and green open spaces used were investigated by residents in Heungdeok-myeon, Mujang-myeon, and Sangha-myeon. Through this, green open space type classification and conceptualization were conducted, and three implications were derived.
First, it was proved that there was no management system through the analysis of land use and green areas in rural areas. The space of the rural area identified through the use area and satellite images using GIS was surrounded by residential and commercial areas, and agricultural land such as rice paddies and fields were mixed in the green area and planned management area. This can be thought of as a spatial characteristic of the absence of a land use plan in rural areas, and it can be seen that there is no systematic management system for land use and green areas in rural areas.
Second, the types of green open spaces necessary for planning the revitalization of rural centers were presented. Based on the types of open spaces classified in previous studies, the types of green open spaces identified through GIS and field surveys and the types of green open spaces derived through life surveys were compared, and the types of green open spaces actually used in rural centers were classified and conceptualized.
Third, through user analysis, it can be seen that it is necessary to manage natural green resources at the city and county level, and to improve accessibility and utilization of green spaces. Gochang-gun has many excellent green resources, and there is a green space scattered in fragments in the planning management area. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the accessibility of green spaces scattered in the center of the myeon or designated bases and check the utilization of the space, and to establish a plan so that local residents can easily visit various green spaces.
This study is expected to contribute as basic data that can be used for planning green spaces in rural areas by deriving characteristics through spatial analysis in rural areas and categorizing and conceptualizing green spaces in rural areas through life surveys.