隨著都市更新與都市再發展的啓動，弱勢社區與弱勢住民原是其中不可忽 視的議題，然其在近一、二十年的都市硏究竟成爲相當被忽視的硏究課題。在 臺灣，更因解決都市貧民窟與違建區的問題，已經不再具有都市發展上的急迫 性，因此，都市貧民窟、違建區、或其他類型的弱勢社區之問題，極容易受到 學術硏究與公共政策的忽視，都市貧民窟做爲都市弱勢住民吸納地的功能，在 都市政策中往往不會受到正面評價，主流的政策論述多是從更新（通常是剷除) 與改造的角度視之’更有甚者，將之視爲（都市中的）化外邊（緣）地，排除在 主流社會的運作之外。本硏究即欲摒除此視域，從貧民窟硏究的文獻回顧與貧 民窟的經驗硏究，重新審視弱勢住民的遷徙與生活經驗如何仰賴貧民窟社區《 在貧民窟硏究文獻上，本文分別討論貧民窟在吸納移民與都市貧民上的功能， 貧民窟在都市更新與再發展上的意義’由貧民窟議題所彰顯的邊緣性與社會不 公義，以及近期在貧民窟與少數族裔社區硏究上的論述焦點。在經驗硏究的部 分，本硏究以臺北市忠勤社區（南機場社區）爲例，採質化硏究法探討圈陷於 貧民窟中的女性居民，其城鄕遷移經驗、都市居所的變遷與生活世界和貧民窟 社區的關連性，亦即從移民與弱勢的視角呈現弱勢婦女與貧民窟在父權社會與 都市變遷中的圖像。

Policies and issues related to urban renewal and redevelopment have been well recognized since the mid-1990s in Taiwan. However, the fates of vulnerable communities and their residents are relatively neglected by the policy-makers and are seldom studied by scholars. Empirical research on urban slum and low-income communities relevant for the decision-makers on urban renewal or urban redevelopment are quite rare. Where such studies do exist, they are invariably limited to serving the administrative purposes of physical planning or social welfare. The conventional viewpoint is that urban slums or/and squatters are places that hinder urban development. Policies are typically focused on solving the problems that impede the clearance and the urban renewal of the slum areas. This paper provides an alternative standpoint by conclusively reviewing the slum studies from several related academic fields as well as by an empirical study on a policy-targeted slum in Taipei. Topics of gender, migration and slum lifeworld are brought together to show how vulnerable female migrants are trapped in urban slums. The purpose is to demonstrate how vulnerable citizens rely on urban slums for living their lives under periods of urban change.