An Empirical Study for Implications to Respond the Crisis of Local Population Decline in South Korea

An Empirical Study for Implications to Respond the Crisis of Local Population Decline in South Korea

In the non-Capital area of South Korea, it was found that the cause of the population decline was not solely due to the recent low birth rate. The severe population decline in the non-Capital area is due to the migration of the population to the Capital area. Therefore, this study looked at what regional development factors affect the local population increase. As a result of the regression analysis, the factors affecting population decline were the old housing rate, % of population in library service area, ratio of single-person households over 65, and water supply rate. As factors affecting population growth, green rate, number of residents in charge per 119 safety center, ratio of the school-age population within the elementary school service area, and urban park area per 1,000 people were derived. Based on the results of the empirical analysis, in order to respond to the crisis of local population decline, policies were proposed to remove the factors of population decrease and to activate the factors of population increase in non-Capital areas.