Comparative Study between Japan and China on the methods of conservation of historic districts : Case Study on Kyoto and Beijing

保护“历史街区”是世界各国保护历史城市景观的最有效的方法，本研究以北京和京都为例，对历史街区保护的未来进行了思考。这两个城市都是著名的历史首都，有许多共同点。但具体的保护方法在整体保护规划、保护区域的位置、保护区域的范围、保护区域内的建筑保护方式等方面都有很大的不同，这种差异反映了各个城市的历史和社会环境，因此我们无法评价哪种方法更上级。我们所能做的就是在认识到每种方法的差异和优点之后，对每种方法进行改进。

Preserving "historic district" is the most effective method to conserve the landscape of historic cities, which are adopted in many countries.In this study, in order to think about the future of preserving historic district, we took Kyoto and Beijing for examples. These two cities are well-known as historic capitals and have many in common. But the concrete preserving methods are quite different from each other in many respects such as the whole conservation planning, the location of preservation districts, the extent of the district, and the architectural preservation way in the district.Since this kind of difference reflects each urban history and social circumstances, we cannot evaluate which method is superior. All we can do is to improve each method after recognizing the differences and (dis) advantages.