This paper proposes a village level settlement environment diagnostic indices in rural areas which can apply to analyze various conditions at village level. A living space in rural areas has been changed with a diverse aspect according to living infrastructure, industrial structure, accessibility to neighbor city and so on. This indicators considered these mega-regionalization of economy and lifestyle in rural areas. The indicators consists of basic indices for all types villages and convenience service indices for center villages and the other neighbor ones classified by a functionality of their convenience facilities. As the results of delphi expert survey and a field validation, rural village settlement environment diagnostic indicators were selected 3 types, 15 domains, 24 subdomains and 61 items. And these indicators weight were determinted by AHP method. These developed indicators were used to diagnosis settlement conditions of 31 villages, located on county of Yeongdong. to validate a applicability and feasibility.

• 박미정 | Meejeong Park
• 전정배 | Jeongbae Jeon Corresponding author
• 배승종(농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 농촌환경자원과) | Seoungjong Bae (Department of Agricultural Environment Rural Environment & Resources Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
• 김대식(농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 농촌환경자원과) | Daesik Kim (Department of Agricultural Environment Rural Environment & Resources Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
• 최진아 | Jinah Choi
• 김은자 | Eunja Kim