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The purpose of this study is to analyze the structural relationship related to the participation and the quality of life of local residents focusing on social, economic and environmental aspects of village regeneration. A total of 134 samples were taken from the local residents in Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan, and basic data analysis and structural equation modeling analysis were conducted by utilizing SPSS 22 and AMOS 22. There was an analysis to find out the effects of social, economic and environmental factors of village regeneration on the residents’ consensual and cooperative participation, and according to the result, social and environmental factors except the economic factor had a positive effect on the residents’ consensual and cooperative participation. Unlike previous studies, the result showing that the economic factor had a negative effect is considered to explain that village regeneration has not directly affected the local residents in economic aspects. In terms of the participation of local residents, an analysis related to two factors― consensual participation and cooperative participation―was carried out, and the result showed that the two factors had a positive effect. Regarding the social aspect, especially, positive aspects such as educational environment, participation in activities, neighboring solidarity and change in awareness were evaluated more highly after the village regeneration project. In terms of the environmental aspect, the regeneration project including public facilities, transportation system, convenient facilities and cleanliness made the local residents have positive feelings, which created a positive effect. There was an analysis of the local residents’ quality of life through the village regeneration project, and the result showed that the project had a positive effect on the quality of life of consensually and cooperatively participating residents. This result suggests that the local residents are satisfied with their lives through improvement in life environment, relationship with other residents, sense of reward and sense of accomplishment.