The growth of low-income population in urban area is recognized as a common problem in most of developing countries. In recent years, the improvement of living environment for the urban poor in four kinds of low-income areas also becomes a major issue in China's planning academia. In order to understand the opinions of residents regarding the improvement of their living environment, this study conducted detailed investigations in some kinds of low-income areas in Chongqing City, China. First, we investigated the basic information of permanent residents and transient population. Second, we found out their attitudes towards improvement of living environment. Third, we studied their satisfaction degree of current living condition, inquired transient residents' willing of settling down in those areas, and then analyzed the correlation between the results of these two and the residents' attitudes of improvement respectively. We found that almost all of residents are willing to improve their living environment, but the dwellers from different low-income areas have different needs and opinions towards improvement. Therefore, the solutions of regeneration should be changed according to types of low-income area.
