도시민의 농어촌 정주 활성화를 위한 정책 방향과 과제

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In recent years, the number of urban residents moving to a rural area has been increasing, and it is expected that the number will grow further in the future. Amid such a trend, this study aims to present policy tasks that need to be accomplished to expand rural settlement of urban residents by examining its current states and the problems they are facing in the process.
For this purpose, this study examined statistical data and survey results of previous studies. Also, the demand for policy support was identified through interviews with the new rural residents and concerned local governments officials. Lastly, the opinions expressed by concerned authorities and experts during a policy seminar.
Based on the research results, this study made the following findings: first, the reduction in rural population has slowed down in recent years and since 2005 it rather increased a little. The reason for this is that there were many people moving to rural areas for the main reason that they wanted to live a rural life; second, there are various policies administered by the central government, local governments, and related organizations to deal with the rural settlement, but because most of the policies are directed at those who chose farming as a new profession they failed to effectively deal with various types of urban residents wanting to move to a rural area. Therefore, the rural settlement policy should be improved so that it can deal with the most pressing issues at each stage of rural settlement. Specifically, the policy should be directed at building coordination with the local village to secure housing and living convenience for new settlers, expansion of the rural life experience program, making economic assistance substantive to provide real benefits to the new rural residents, utilization of the social work program to provide jobs, and establishment of an integrated executive body at the local government level.