9TRANSFORMATIONOF“URBANVILLAGE”ANDFEASIBLEMODEWEILihua;YANXiaopeiThispaperanalyzesthesurfacemean-ingandtheessenceofurbanvillage.Itfindsthatur-banvillageshaveevolvedintolow-incomecommuni-tiesofmigrantpopulationbyprovidinghousingswithverylowrent,andthemethodsoftransformationonlyfocusingonvillagers’benefitsprovedwrong.IncomparisonwiththeslumsinSoutheastAsiaandSouthAmerican,urbanvillagesaresocio-economicsystemswithorder,self-organizationsimilarwiththe“workunits”inSocialistChina.Sothemodeofdeal-ingwithslumscouldnotbeusedforurbanvillages.Itarguesthatthepurposeofurbanvillagetransforma-tiondominatedbycitygovernmentisnottotakeadvantageoflocationofthevillagebuttoprovidemorecomfortablehousingformigrantpopulationwithlowincome.Itisconcludedthatthemodeofself-transformationguidedbythegovernmentwouldbefeasible.“urbanvillage”;existence;transformation;feasiblemodeVOL.29NO.7JUL.200510PlanningStudiesFig.1Evolutionofurbanvillageandcoreproblems11VOL.29NO.7JUL.200512PlanningStudies13Fig.2TransformationframeworkofurbanvillageinGuangzhouFig.3OperationmodeforthetransformationofurbanvillageonoriginallocationVOL.29NO.7JUL.200556PublicParticipation