Sustainability through Non-Agricultural Business Development in Resident Cooperative Planning: A Case of Korea’s Rural Area

This study analyzes a participatory regeneration project implemented for sustainable improvement as the center of Yeongju, a rural area in Korea, declines. The paper explains how participants were chosen from the mostly elderly population and encouraged to participate. In this case, a small, non-agr...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 1323
Main Authors Baek, Seon Gyeong, Kwon, Hyun-Ah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2021
Subjects
20th century
Aging
Agribusiness
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural development
Agriculture
Apartments
Architecture
Cities
Citizen participation
Community
Community involvement
Community participation
Participatory planning
Planning
Political power
Population
Rural areas
Sustainability
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Tourism
Urban renewal
Urbanization
United States > US
Europe
Japan
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Summary:This study analyzes a participatory regeneration project implemented for sustainable improvement as the center of Yeongju, a rural area in Korea, declines. The paper explains how participants were chosen from the mostly elderly population and encouraged to participate. In this case, a small, non-agricultural business that existing residents could maintain was conceived and implemented with a focus on cooperation rather than agricultural recovery or urbanization through the construction of large apartments and new industrial complexes. To this end, the administration continues to support the community from a long-term perspective, and experts have consistently made practical implementations among them. The participating community is not fixed but flexibly reorganized based on the progress of the project. In addition, by creating public community facilities, residents can continue their activities. This study emphasizes that participatory planning does not necessarily imply a retreat to the administration and experts and provides important guidance for implementation under similar conditions in the future.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13031323