농촌 지역자원 활용을 위한 RURITAGE 개념 도입 연구 : 농업유산지구 및 역사마을 대상으로

Abstract

In recent times, we are facing a new turning point in rural change because of an increase in the number of people who leave the city to find a work-life balance and pursue a new lifestyle in the countryside. Therefore, the movement to regenerate the values of rural areas is actively progressing. In particular, the RURITAGE project, which is being carried out in the European union (EU) since 2020, is a new heritage-led rural regeneration project that converts rural areas into places for sustainable development by enhancing their unique culture and heritage derived from agriculture and the natural rural environment. This study analyzed the RURITAGE project, that maintains and preserves the unique qualities of rural areas side by side with sustainable development. The main concepts were compared with cases of domestic local resource utilization. The results of the analysis were as follows: First, RURITAGE was a project to achieve community revitalization and social regeneration in rural areas by utilizing the resources and heritage currently possessed by the region, rather than seeking to undertake large-scale development. This was based on lessons learned from the sector-wise rural regeneration in the EU. Second, RURITAGE sets 6 innovative fields, not physical development projects, as the realm of rural regeneration, and establishes a plan for rural regeneration by selecting best practices for each area as a role model, thus making it possible to establish rural regeneration projects in multiple ways. Third, the consistency and applicability of domestic agricultural heritage areas and historical resource areas were compared with the six innovation areas of RURITAGE. It was then determined that it would be possible to establish a plan utilizing social and natural heritage to strengthen the areas where infrastructure is built because these are areas in which development methods or strengths, similar to those of the RURITAGE innovation area role model exist. For successful rural space reorganization and rural regeneration, the flexibility to regenerate space according to regional characteristics is required, and it is necessary to create the maximum effect by referring to the RURITAGE project or similar rural regeneration projects surveyed in this study.