Although the educational facility are an important considerations on a social equity standpoint, educational environment in rural areas has been continuously deteriorated by numerous social problems such as decreasing birth rate and increasing of local school closing. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accessibility of educational environment in rural areas on village level. First, we evaluate physical accessibility based on legally defined commuting distance. Second, the implication of village population of potential accessibility is analyzed. Lastly, the facility centrality index of each village is estimated for assessing the relations of educational accessibility. The main results of this study are as follows; (1) The accessibility of most villages in Pyeongchang-gun is vulnerable that 81.10% for elementary school, 73.17% for middle school, and 82.32% for high school, respectively; (2) The average commuting distance per student considering estimated number of students for each educational facilities indicated 2.75km for elementary school, 4.37km for middle school, and 5.79km for high school; (3) the facility centrality index is highly correlated to educational facilities but not to village population.

I. 서 론
 II. 연구자료 및 방법
  1. 대상지역
  2. 연구방법
 III. 연구결과 및 고찰
  1. 법정 통학거리 기준 물리적 접근성
  2. 추정 학생수를 고려한 학교별 접근성 평가
  3. 시설 중심성 지수를 고려한 접근성
 IV. 결 론
 References

• 김솔희(서울대학교 그린바이오과학기술연구원, Institute of Green Bio Science & Technology, Seoul National University) | Kim, Solhee
• 김태곤(미국 미네소타대학교, 환경연구소, The NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise (NiSE), Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota) | Kim, Taegon
• 서교(서울대학교 국제농업기술대학원, 서울대학교 그린바이오과학기술연구원, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, Institute of Green Bio Science & Technology, Seoul National University) | Suh, Kyo Corresponding author