Abstract
In 1980 s in quite a few districts in central Kyoto residents tried to regulate plans of high rise buildings because of the expected environmental impact to the neighborhood. This article try to describe and evaluate those cases in the point of view of regarding them as trials of voluntary land use control by residents. Until 1987 some cases are found in which they tried continuous land use control, but most of them are unsuccessful. After 1988 20 communities in Kyoto inluding 5 in Nakagyo-ku 'Community Charter's were made and continuous land use control by residents is partly realized.
