A Study on a Reference Model of the Regional Innovation for the Hillside Road Towns

In metropolitan cities, there exist regions that are left behind without a specific plan due to budget and administrative support limitations. In many cases, regional regeneration projects for these neglected regions are frustrated by an insufficient budget or difficulties of converging residents’ needs. To solve problems in deteriorated regions, communication among diverse interested parties including administration, relevant companies, private organizations, and residents is required to understand problems and search for solutions. The purpose of this study is to develop a reference model for regional innovation using the case of Hocheon Village aiming at establishing collaborative relationships and finding a problem-solving method through communication. We defined the problem in Sanbokdoro Village as having many obstacles and suggested a reference model for which users facing similar problems can easily follow the entire process, including the solution process through a design thinking workshop opened in Hocheon Village and Corpus analysis. This study has academic contributions in that the extraction of key words based on TFIDF analysis gives a basis for establishing a system that can automatically analyze huge amounts of text data in the field of Corpus analysis involving a proceeding process that deals with regional problems.