Study on Evaluation of Development Capabilities and Potential of Regional Resources for Rural Planning

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Approaches and methodology for the evaluation of regional resources and environmental settings in rural area on rural planning have been studied from multi-dimensional points of view ;points of natural system, socio-cultural system, landscape system, resources and material utilization system and supporting infrastructures, assuming that both resources and environmental factors mainly limit development capabilities and potential of the area. In addition, field investigations were carried out in two rural areas and symposium to discuss research results on these two areas was held in April 2001, under management of Rural Planning Association. The brief results obtained by the study are summarized as follows :I) We firstly defined the development capabilities and potential of rural area which were dormant availabilities and possibilities on factors and their combinations characterized by, own regional properties to create systems and/or to regenerate suitable states.ii) The angles (view points) to grasp and examine the development capabilities and potential could be divided into six types, angle of bio-ecology, rural landscape, socio-economy, institution and living stile, profitable and attractive resources, and material conservation. The factors and its functions in each angle which effect to the development capabilities and potential was selected and analyzed.iii) The results were considered to support that holistic evaluation of regional resoueces and environmental settings on rural planning were necessary and "endogenous development" was recommended as an appropriate rural development.