The study of problems and feasible mode in "urban village" of Guangzhou

This paper analyzes the surface meaning and the essence of urban village.It finds that urban villages have evolved into low-income communities of migrant population by providing housings with very low rent,and the methods of transformation only focusing on villagers'benefits proved wrong.The article analyses the political and existing problems in the course of transforming for villages in cities.It argues that the purpose of urban village transformation dominated by city government is not to take advantage of location of the village but to provide more comfortable housing for migrant population with low income.It is concluded that the mode of self-transformation guided by the government would be feasible.