The relationship between urban villages and urban renewal:The case of Yuncheng, China

China's cities have developed rapidly over the last few decades, but at the same time some problems have come to light. Urban villages are a common phenomenon in the process of urban transformation, and this phenomenon is particularly evident in China. It has been formed gradually with the development of cities and is an inescapable topic in the process of urbanisation. The transformation of urban villages is one of the more complex parts of the urban renewal process, with the aim of creating a favourable environment for economic development, making full use of scarce land resources, improving the living conditions of residents and enhancing their quality of life and standards. This thesis focuses on the issue of urban villages in the context of urban renewal and summarises the investigation of the relationship between urban renewal and urban villages in medium-sized inland cities. This paper will start from the introduction of urban villages and urban renewal from the inside out to explore the underlying logic of urban renewal and urban village transformation. The research is carried out from the perspectives of the historical background of urban villages, the composition of the population, the current situation of life and the future development trend of the area. The methods include data collection, questionnaire survey, information analysis and model construction to finally find a set of relatively reasonable suggestions for urban village transformation, so that the mutual promotion of urban renewal and urban village transformation can be made and the ideal urban village form can be reasonably envisaged.