신국토 구상과 농산촌의 혁신체계 구축

Abstract

The aim of this study is to concretize the programs for the establishment of innovation systems in rural areas, which was presented as one of seven national agendas by the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development. For this, first, current conditions in rural areas will be examined and from this review, problems confronting in rural areas and future directions for the development of these areas will be deduced. In addition, national land planning(settlement and industry) and rural areas policies will be critically examined and a number of strategies to introduce and accelerate innovations in rural areas. Especially, upon noting a need to bring in man power from outside to overcome a lack of human resources in rural areas, various means to incubate and develop local industries and regional clusters, to vitalize the “five-days-in-city- and-two-days-in-rural areas” program and to give special attentions to straggling rural areas will be emphasized as a way to fully utilized existing resource endowments and potentials.

Researchers: Mi-Ryung Song(mrsong@krei.re.kr), Shi-Hyun Park, and Ju-Young Park