Mii Fu-kuo, who in addition to Bopiliao has also studied old neighborhoods in Sanxia (in Taipei County) and on the island of Kinmen, explains that there are three main ways to approach the renovation of old neighborhoods-razing and rebuilding, partial remodeling, and preservation and maintenance.
除了剝皮寮，也主持過北縣三峽、離島金門等多處老街研究的米復國說，老街區更新有 3 大模式：拆除重建、部分整建、保存維護。