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A Study on Systematization of Supporting Policy and Education for Returning to Rural Areas
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AuthorKim, Jeongseop
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Publication Date2012.02.28
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As the number of people who want to live in a rural area has been increasing, the urban-to-rural migration has been phenomenal. The government has made a plan to help people returning to live in a rural community and has implemented relevant policies, such as policies for education of the migrants and for provision of housing support. The purpose of this study is to provide proper information to urban residents who plan to live in a rural area and to design and systemize policies related with the urban-to-rural migration so that the policies can contribute to rural development.
We reviewed preceding research and analysed survey data and demographic census data. Seven forums were held and attended by experts. The discussions of the forums are presented briefly in this report.
The main results and implications of this study are as follows.
First, the government should continuously produce statistics regarding returning to rural areas and prepare an operational definition of 'returning to rural areas for farming' and guidelines for the survey. Second, the policy objectives should be to reduce transaction cost and risk of people returning to a rural area to enhance integration of rural community and accumulation of social capital. Third, it is needed to improve both quantity and quality of information that is provided to people who are in the initial stage of the migration. Forth, both short and long-term measures should be arranged to provide housing support. For example, we can consider increasing the supply of the public rental housing as a long-term measure and consider establishing housing cooperatives as a short-term measure. Fifth, there are some tasks which local governments should do. For example, local governments should try to make cooperative partnerships with private organizations on even ground and help various community organizations to design different activities and participate in the related policy projects.
Researchers: Jeong-Seop Kim, Joo-In Seong, Sang-Jin Ma and Ji-Eun Lim
Research period: 2012. 4. - 2012. 11.
E-mail address: jskkjs@krei.re.kr
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