국토지리학회지 ISSN:1225-3766(Print) THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF KOREA

Basic living infrastructure is essential for the balanced national land development and the basic life of the people. It requires policy support tailored to local facility needs and living conditions. However, there is a lack of objective evidence and quantitative data to accurately identify the demand for living services in specific regions and assess vulnerable areas. Particularly, diagnostic indicators showing the degree of regional deprivation or decline are limited to specific temporal points and areas of interest. Moreover, they only capture the excess and deficiency of facilities. Therefore, this study diagnosed the vulnerability of basic living infrastructure centered on depopulated areas designated by the government and quantitatively evaluated the level of living services improved over a period of time. Based on this, this study classified the changes in the level of improvement by functional facility classification and compared and analyzed the characteristics of each class between depopulation areas and non-depopulation areas. The results of the study are expected to be useful for establishing local policies to counter local extinction, revitalizing underdeveloped areas, strengthening basic living services, and eliminating blind spots.