농촌지역 특성 분석 및 유형화-충청남도 읍·면지역을 중심으로-, Characteristic Analysis and Classification of Rural Areas: Based on the Eup and Myon Areas of Chungcheongnam-do

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to analyze the characteristics of rural areas and to classify regional types by applying the multi-variate techniques of factor and cluster analyses, with 171 Eup?Myon level data of hungcheongnam-do in 2010. During the process of urbanization and industrialization of rural areas, the differences in location, socio-demographic factors, geo-politics, urbanizing and industrializing patterns in rural areas have been driving or accelerating differentiation of rural areas. Based on the factor analysis, 21 factors of Eup-Myon areas are categorized five principal characteristics as follows: municipal city characteristics, typical paddy farming characteristics, urbanizing rural characteristics, aged farming characteristics, and ndustrializing rural characteristics. According to the cluster analysis, 171 Eup?Myon areas of Chungcheongnam-do are classified as 6 different regional types as follows

rural service center, aging rural area, urbanizing rural area, paddy farming area, transitional rural area, and manufacturing industry area. It revealed different regional types show significantly different characteristics, which hints rural areas have been experiencing diverse differentiation process depending on regional types.