마을숲은 농촌마을의 대표적 경관이자 녹지 환경으로서의 생태적 기능을 비롯하여 마을의 다양한 문화가 이루어지는 공간 제공의 기능을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 생태계서비스의 개념적 틀을 응용하여 마을숲의 가치를 측정할 수 있는 평가 지표를 도출하고자 하였다. 먼저 생태계서비스 평가와 관련한 국제 기준의 검토를 통하여 평가지표로 공급, 조절, 지지, 문화의 4개 대분류를 설정하고 28개의 세부항목을 설정하였다. 마을숲과 관련된 21개의 문헌에서 나타난 마을숲의 기능, 역할, 효과 등을 평가 항목에 맞추어 분류하고 각 유형별 세부 내용을 고찰하였다. 과거와 현재의 마을숲 기능을 고려하여 전문가 브레인스토밍을 통해 4개 유형 24개의 평가 항목을 선정하였다. 도출된 평가 항목으로 4개 마을숲의 주민을 대상으로 중요도를 평가하여 신뢰성을 분석한 결과 24개 문항의 크론바흐 알파 계수가 0.857로, 신뢰성이 높은 수준이나, 공급의 3개 항목, 지지의 1개 항목을 제외하면 신뢰성이 더 높아진다. 또한 각 항목별로 중요도를 분석하면 공급기능은 중요도가 보통보다 낮은 수준이었으며 이는 현재 마을숲에서의 공급기능은 거의 이루어지지 않기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 신뢰도와 중요도의 결과를 바탕으로 최근 마을숲에서 중요도가 낮은 공급 기능 3개 항목과 신뢰성이 낮았던 지지 기능 1개 항목 등 4개 항목을 제외한 20개 항목을 마을숲의 생태계서비스 평가지표로 도출하였다.

인간 활동이 생태계의 훼손과 생물다양성의 변화에 미치는 영향을 경관생태학적 측면에서 분석하고 해석하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 우리나라의 35개 농촌마을을 대상으로 자연생태계의 교란정도를 알 수 있는 귀화식물분포현황을 조사하였다. 대상지에 대한 토지이용 현황도를 제작하고 이를 바탕으로 경관지수를 이용하여 경관생태학적특성을 정량화하였다. 이를 바탕으로 대상지의 경관지수와 귀화식물 분포특성의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 경관지수는 공간분석 프로그램인 FRAGSTATS를 이용하여 산출하였으며 귀화식물의 분포특성은 Urbanization Index와 Naturalization Index를 이용하였다. 연구 결과 귀화율과 패치밀도, 귀화율과 가장자리밀도, 귀화율과 면적가중평균형태지수 등이 양의 상관관계를 나타냈으며 귀화율과 핵심면적백분율, 귀화율과 평균핵심지역 등이 음의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

This study aims to analyse the landscape ecological characteristics of 39 rural villages in Korea and classify them according to their characteristics. After producing a land-use map of rural villages, this study quantified the landscape ecological characteristics of the subject sites as 18 landscape indexes using Fragstats. By applying the landscape index as a variable, selecting 4 factor through principal component analysis and conducting a cluster analysis, it classified them into 3 groups. Rural villages of Korea have their unique types of land-use due to the influence of physical environment such as geography, climate and ecology as well as the social and cultural influence, and the characteristics of land-use can be analysed and classified using the landscape index, the quantified landscape ecological characteristics.

This paper is performed to study for the plants ecosystems for the rural community forest of designated as natural monument. In addition, it is also proposed the plan of the rural community forest's conservation and restoration for avoiding to the destroy of indiscriminate development such as land-use, cultivation. The rural community forest is a mirror that reflect the regional culture and history, as well as environment. According to this view, undoubtedly, we need to recognise the formative background of rural community forest, the relations between the environment around and the characteristic of plants ecosystem comprehensively. For the purpose of proposing to the plan of rural village forests' conservation and restoration, therefore, this study is: 1) reviews the previous research and ancient documents, and 2) surveys the vegetation structure and the growing conditions in rural village forest directly.

This study has intended to devise a comprehensive rural planning, driven by residents based on ecological rural amenity paradigm for Busu area, Boeun-gun, South Korea. To reach the goal, this study has performed the following processes. First, we have analyzed the elements of threat, opportunity, weakness, and strength in both inside and outside village through 'SWOT analysis. Second, through strategic analysis and consultation, we have proposed developmental directions of Busu area. Third, based on an ecological rural amenity planning system composed of ecological economy system, ecological environment system, ecological history-culture system, ecological image system, and ecological society system, we have suggested research projects of each system Fourth, we selected projects through a general meeting with all stakeholders. Fifth, the selected projects were applied to Busu area by village residents and experts. Finally, the projects, which were appraised and revised by experts, residents, and governmental officers, were composed of ecological scenic agriculture center, resident's site for city dweller, energy independent village, eco-road, eco-pond, ecological park and parking lot, restoration of traditional culture, zone of ecological scenic agriculture, eco-tunnel, eco-fence, landmark, corporate identity, community center, forum and seminar, and education for residents' empowerment.

This study discusses developing ecological trails and route alignment in mountainous rural area. Through a process of ecological resources survey, ecological trails and route alignment has been established. Mainly, by focusing on ecological resources in rural areas, it was indifferent to their own ecological resource and charm to make it unique strengths. Based on survey the results, Natural ecology resources, there were the climate factor, surface, geological, terrain analysis. Furthermore, ecological resources were researched and analyzed the elements of it, distribution of resources, types, location, semantic analysis. The results are expressed on the map and recorded by taking pictures. Plant ecosystem, there were actual vegetation, land use, flora analysis. Wild animal ecosystem, it was checked and recorded on 1/1,000 map partition the emergence of wild birds, the number of species distributed by foraging guild, the emergence of amphibians, reptile, mammals and insect species. The site is chosen as rural theme village in 2007, base on their own rich ecological and landscape resources. Therefore, we carried out ecological trails and route alignment plan in accordance with analyzed the natural ecological resource and after setting up the basic goal, ecological trail has been composed and planting has done and direction.

This study has intended to find strategies improving rural amenity through establishing eco-village. This research presented eco-village establishment as an alternative to solve the problems that current rural villages face, such as FTA farming crisis, aging, weakening of farming competitiveness. Thus, this study has set up ecological rural amenity strategies, based on the principles and cases of both eco-village development and rural amenity through suitability analysis and statistical analysis with survey analysis. This study has defined the eco-rural amenity and set up such categories as environment, history-culture, society, image, and economy. Based on the definition and categories, this study has found the strategies to improve ecological rural amenity in accordance with categories.

This study intends to classify and analyze the problem of rural villages on the basis of existing ecological and cultural resources. Based on the results of this study, rural villages in Korea can be divided into 4 types - (1) the village abundant in both ecological and cultural resources, (2) the village abundant in only ecological resources, (3) the village abundant in only cultural resources and (4) the village insufficient in two resources. And further, this study found that most ecological resources in rural villages are deteriorated or deteriorating. Even worse, the cultural resources are diminished or diminishing. It is suggested that the ecological and cultural resources need to be taken into account in the process of rural village planning.

For the development of Eco village in Korean rural area, it was focussed to introduce the rural style which has been developed intensively in European countries such as Denmark, England and Germany. As the main concept for Eco village it was explained briefly in the paper on the renewable energy(wind power park, bio　mass and solar energy collector and heating system), eco　architecture, methane gas device, living machine(wastewater treatment facility) and organic farming. It was also discussed how important the basic standard and guidelines for organic agriculture to run Eco village environmentally soundly as a whole system and why it is so much essential for the system. For this reason major principles of international applicable standard for organically grown foods by FAO/WHO Codex alimentarius was also shortly described. In the paper the Eco village concept was considered as a suitable model for Environmental Agriculture Districts Project which Korean government is going to establish at rural area in the near future. In conclusion it was suggested that the positive participation of organic farmers, enthusiastic engagement of inhabitants and support strategy of government/NGO groups might play very important role for successful management of Eco village ecologically benign and economically sustainable after establishment.