본 연구는 최근 정부 및 지자체에서 다양하게 추진하고 있는 각종 지역개발사업의 효율적 추진을 위해서 농산촌지역의 지대구분 및 사업추진을 위해 농산어촌지역 지대구분을 위한 구분기준과 지표를 개발하고 지대구분 안을 도출하는 것이 목적이다. 연구결과, 도시화지역 6개 읍․면, 준도시화 지역 13개 읍․면, 농촌지역 14개 읍․면, 중산간지역 18개 읍․면, 산간지역 11개 읍․면으로 구분되어 전체적으로 균등한 분포를 나타냈다. 세부적으로 보면, 각 군의 읍지역과 중심기능을 담당하고 있는 일부 거점면이 도시화지역으로 분류되었으며, 반대로 지형적으로 다소 산간지역의 특성이 강한 지역일지라도 수려한 자연경관 및 우수한 관광자원을 보유한 지역의 경우에 평가량이 다소 높게 나타난 것이 특징이다. 결과적으로 같은 군에 위치하거나 인접한 읍․면일지라도 각 읍․면별 지역적 특성은 서로 다른 특성을 내포하고 있기에 당해지역의 발전 잠재력을 극대화 할 수 있도록 지역적 특성을 고려한 사업추진이 절실하게 요구되고 있다.

In this research, we reappraise saemaul project which is a leading role of rural development in a present perspectives and deduct social and political implications for rural development. For deducting problems and implications, related documents and previous researches are reviewed. Administration statistics are also gathered and analyzed for monitoring detailed projects propulsion progress and results. Samaul project is reappraised based on previous researches such as rural development, regional agricultural production system improvement, agricultural distribution system improvement, leader breeding, income improvement, and governance. Saemaul project has basically positive characteristics because of decreasing growth gap of urban and rural area by empowering cooperation of rural residents, instilling leadership, making village fund, constricting networks of government and urban area for administrative and financial assistant. In conclusion, there are implications that continues interests of most powerful sovereignty and comprehensive assistant of government are needed for overcome agricultural and rural crisis. Saemaulundong is a united and systematic approach in village level. In south korea where most of farms are small size, village or regional level assistants started in saemaulundong are still needed. In regional development, we can infer that will and ability development of participated residents are most basic and important factors for successful project propulsion in saemaul project.

Since 2004, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MIFAFF) has been carrying out comprehensive rural village development project as the core one of Rural Area Development Schemes in Korea. Up to now, 56 projects had been completed after having with 5-year plan implementation period, on which it is possible to try post-project evaluation works. This study aims to propose a rational income-generation works model of comprehensive rural village development project, based on fulfillment checking results of their statutory stepwise working procedures specified in the project guidelines and their interim/post project performance analysis results in 56 project areas above mentioned. In comprehensive rural village development project, income-generation works generally have both quantitative and qualitative effects to rural communities; the former is focussed on income increasement of villagers, while the latter on community revitalization through job creation and spill-over effects of other linked community activities. So, the research works of this study focussed on these two comprehensive effects above mentioned.