The study aims to analyze environmental changes of the rural region neighboring against large city and rural residents' perception and attitude to the local environmental problems in their village. The study area is the small agricultural village, of ...
The study aims to analyze environmental changes of the rural region neighboring against large city and rural residents' perception and attitude to the local environmental problems in their village. The study area is the small agricultural village, of which the geographical boundary is mountain divide and administrative unit is Ri. The study focus on the local environmetal change due to the urbanization and suburbanization of neighboring province capital city and the agricultural villagers' perception and atitude to the environmental change and environmental problems due to regional development. The research methods include review of previous theoretical and survey studies, landscape analysis with field survey, questionnaire surveys and statictical works.
There are many factors of rural landscape changes, such as (1)urban pressure by urbanization and population growth, (2)industrial allocation, and (3)local autonomy. But according to the regional characteristics of villages, some particular factors influence more strongly on environmental changes than others do. In case of Duckchon Village these factors of the research are perceptional landscape and regional development.
Research could identified environmental problems by the method of landscape analysis within the Duckchon Village boundary. Two main perceptions of environmental problems are water pollution and stock farming as sources of water pollution in the village. Residents thought the pollution level was very high and they considered the source of pollution to be the stock farms in Duckchon. They did not think the pollution due to manufacturing plant neighboring with Duckchon was so severe. These villager's view shows that they are very sensitive to the problems within village landscape boundary and not so out of boundary. In respect of regional development, residents agreed to the development for the welfare of the village but refused to accept development in case of the pollution possbility of water pollution within the village landscape boundary.
The perception of villagers to environmental problems was focused around the village landscape boundary. They think one of the great problems is water pollution from stock farming within village boundary.