Development Process and Community Life at the Eco-village ′Sanneoul′ in South Korea

Abstract

This research presents the process of developing the 'Sanneoul' Eco-village, located in South Korea, and describes community life in the village. Sanneoul village was created to welcome urban dwellers who choose to return to rural life and to prevent the exodus of the population in rural areas. The village features eco-friendly architecture and utility systems within which the residents live as a community. Nearly fifty community meetings were held by the residents of the village from the beginning to the end of the construction process. They received public funds to cover most of the basic costs for the village construction, and the households moving in as residents covered only the costs of the property, land, and buildings. This advantage is one of the important factors that attract city dwellers to return to rural areas. The ecological systems installed within the village include rainwater recycling, grass blocks, rooftop gardens, and an ecological sewage disposal plant. The ecological elements of the architecture are the sunlight and solar heat system, pellet boiler, fireplace, and 'ondol' floor heating. The residents actively participate in recycling garbage, food waste, and feces. The village residents are contented with the eco-friendly aspects of the village and have been active participants of the system.

Social and Economic Empowerment for Village Women as a Strategy of Village Development

“…Meanwhile, Sanneoul village was created in Korea to develop an ecological village to attract residents from crowded cities to rural areas, and provide a healthy community life. These considerations were included in the village development plan (Nam, 2018).…”

The Role of Leadership and Local Capital on Village Fund Management

“…This can be done because local culture forms values and working ethics for village apparatus (Kurniawan Saputra et al, 2018). In every decision making, the variable "endogenous capacity constraints" becomes the main consideration, including in the selection of the right technology use for the development of local community (Shi, 2015) and in the efforts to maintain rural life in Sanneoul village, South Korea (Nam, 2018). Almost all previous studies related to village fund in Indonesia used qualitative studies with planning variable (Kurrohman, 2015), leadership style (Naufan & Kushandajani, 2018; Soukotta & Utami, 2019), institutional relations (Yusuf et al, 2019), environmentbased community development (Watts et al, 2019), financial management of village fund (Meutia & Liliana, 2017) and comprehensively covered planning process, funding allocation, implementation, and reporting of village fund (Asni et al, 2013).…”