• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.29-47
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• 2006

The objectives of this study were to explore rural elderly's perception on rural area as a proper place to live for the elders and to find out their residential satisfaction and its related variables. The data were gathered through the questionnaire survey from 241 rural elderly over 70 aged living in Gyeonggi province during July 2005. The major findings of this study were as follows: 1) Those who are men, having experience living in urban area, and favorable perception to social relation with other residences prefer the rural area to urban area as living place for the elderly ; 2) Those who are subjectively perceived healthy and favorable perception to social relation with other residences tend to be in higher residential satisfaction than other groups ; 3) Such variables as age, educational background, living term in community and urban area were not significant to rural elderly's perception on rural area as a proper place to live for the elders and residential satisfaction; 4) Such variables as identification as community residences, people-oriented personality, sex and having experience living in urban area explained 26.4% of variance in rural elderly's perception on rural area as a proper place to live for the elders ; 5) Such three variables as identification as community residences, relationship with the primary group and age explained 55.2% of variances in residential satisfaction; 6) In shortly, the most influential factor to rural elderly's perception on rural area as a proper place to live for the elder and residential satisfaction was their identification as community residences.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.19-26
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• 2014

This study aims on the direction of rehabilitation in rural area through the case analysis and policy of Eco-Quartier in France. At this object, this study was preceded with 3 main contents. Firstly, after examined the changes and policy on the rural area in Korea, it has analysed about the problems and changes on the rural residential environment in Korea. Secondly, it has researched about the various methods relative to the rural area development project, the issue on the sustainable development strategy in rural area and the changes of rural ares in France. Lastly, regarding precedent studies, it has analysed the projects in rural area which has selected through the policy of Eco-Quartier in France. The policy and criterions for Eco-Quartier in France, which was examined by this study, has been achieved through reasonable procedure from the superior concepts to detail planning and the guidelines for the project of rural area. This is expected to use as the basic criterions for the sustainable development and planning orientation of rural area in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

This study is designed to identify the changes of the elderly's residential environment and life satisfaction in rural area during the past 20 years. Data from the survey of Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted in 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008, and 2014 were used for the analysis. The subjects of the study included a sample of 11,019 respondents who represent aged 65 and older in Korea rural area. The result of analysis indicated that; First, the average age of the rural elderly continuously increased and the rural elderly that hope to live with their grown-up children gradually declined. It means that the social responsibility of supporting the elderly is steadily expanding. Second, the ratio of rural elderly living with their children is decreased from 43% in 1994 to 11% in 2014, whereas the single elderly household who are living alone or living with spouse increased. And more elderly live with married children in order to help their children rather than receiving help from them. Third, the frequency of intercourse with their children tended to decline gradually, in contrast with communication frequency with them mounted steadily during the past few decades. Finally, the factors influencing the life satisfaction of rural elderly was health status, economic level, child relationship with them, and residential environment.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.11-23
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• 2001

It is focused on the desirable development alternations for sprawled unplanned on mountainous hilly areas in the residential areas development of the rural areas, mainly on the idyllic housing residential areas. The major research findings were as follows : (1) 85% of the idyllic housing residential areas of the suburban rural area was developed on the mountainous hilly areas. (2) For the desirable development on the suburban rural area, Environmentally Symbiosis Land Use Plan, diversification of Housing type such as Earthing Row House, diverse housing site planning techniques considering the conditions of mountainous hilly areas, for common space planning, land development, housing planing, hillside development, should be devised. (3) New regulations of strengthening construction permits, District Plan should be introduced in law and system management.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.9-16
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• 2012

Both internally and externally environmental changes surround the rural areas such as rapid growth of the early-retired employee under the WTO, the Asian financial crisis in 1997, and the financial crisis in 2007 brought about much transformation in our rural residential environment. According to this changes and demands, the rural areas have been transformed from the area for farmer to the area for farmer and non farmer, that is, peoples that to leave the city to go back to farm or return to home village. Of this time, there needs a change in rural development policies which can make the urban residents migrate and settle in the rural areas as they are naturally embracing the rural life according to the social background and demand. In this point of view, we attempted, in this paper, to survey and analyze the changing trends of residential environment following the spatial composition with house types and rural villages in rural areas. The result of this study will be expected to be a reference for the direction of desirable residential environment in rural areas.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.67-75
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• 1995

The area of Kimje has recently beeing changed into unran social structure and changed from rural residential type to rural type in residential circumstances since it was raised to city in 1989. Accordingly, the purpose of this thesis is to understand synthetically social structure change in the area of Kimje to compare and analyze characteristics in accordance with patterns of plane on detached houses and moreover to furnish basic data necessary for the process for the development of residential culture in Kimje in the future by investigating and analyzing use patterns of residential spacial utilization of the houses.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.31-38
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• 2010

This study aims to present the basic criterions about the planning of local residential area in the middle or small city with an analysis of several samples in Paris, where is currently realizing many various housing projects and residential area development, especially theirs development methods, form and composition of theses samples and residential areas. At this object, this study was preceded with 3 main contents. Firstly, it has examined the development method, procedure and development samples, which is the precedence step for the organization of dwelling zone. Secondly, after presenting the criterions analysis of residential area's samples as drew the concept related with the presented residential area planning in corresponded cases, it has analyzed about the practical planning factors applied at each samples. Lastly, regarding precedent studies, it has examined the relation between planning factors and theory factors. The residential development in Paris, which was examined by this study, has been achieved through reasonable procedure from the superior concepts to detail planning and concept design for the project and the analysis result like this is expected to use as the basic criterions for the development and planning orientation of local residential area in Korea.

• Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.33-43
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• 2015

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the oral health behavior in adults and their oral health status according to their residential area. Methods: The date of 'The fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2012' was analyzed for this study. This study were adults over the age of 18 who participated in interviews with the use of a questionnaire and oral examinations. Of those, 4,273 who met all the variables necessary were selected for the final analysis. The residential areas were categorized into 'metropolitan city', 'city', and 'rural area' based on Dong, Eup and Myon as administrative districts. Results: Adjusted odds ratio of oral health behavior according to residential area, self-recognition of oral health status for subjects in rural areas was 0.75(0.59-0.96), using oral hygiene devices for those in rural areas was 0.75(0.63-0.88). Adjusted odds ratio of oral health status according to residential area, periodontal disease in rural areas was 1.97(1.62-2.41), the necessity of prosthetic treatment in subjects in rural areas was 1.27(1.01-1.60). Conclusion: It was discovered that there was a difference between the oral health behavior and oral health status of adults according to residential area. Therefore, to enhance oral health status, programs for which the characteristics of areas with such differences were considered should be developed and consistent research on strategies to reduce the gaps in the oral health status should be made.

• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.175-186
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• 2012

This is a study of a residential area for displaced villagers planned for residents of Gyodo Village who must evacuate their hometown because of flooding due to the Hantan River Dam Project. The study aims to construct a plan for a new residential area for the villagers focusing on reflecting the existing characteristics of their former village and on ensuring sustainability for the new village. Departing from previous practice of focusing on merely physical aspects when planning, the current study is significant in that it presents a new planning process and method for a sustainability-focused plan. While the study has many limitations such as objectivity in the process of deriving the sustainability indicators and the appropriateness of the indicator questions, it is hoped that future studies on sustainability will serve to make up for these limitations and problems.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.9-18
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• 2021

In this study, surveys and data collection on new profit-sharing measures were carried out in order to improve the residential environment and residents' participation in 65 MW large-scale solar power complex located at Munhye 5-ri, Galmal-eup, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do province. From May to September 2018, the presentation and meetings for residents were held and a survey for 67 households were carried out in order to collect profit-sharing data which is sharing profits from solar power project improving residential environment. The results of the survey shows that it needs to improve some obstacles of residential environment in rural areas, such as improvement of living infrastructure at village level, improvement of monotonous leisure activities from the residents' point of view, improvement of economic income sources depending on farm income and Basic Old-age Pensions, inconvenience factors in the unsuitable residential environment due to aging. Based on these findings, this paper suggests that Profit-Sharing solar power complex project has possibilities to improve living environment in rural areas by sharing profits from power generation and residents participating in the project with consensus for need of renewable energy.