Introduction

Public participation is an effective approach to resolving the benefits of various stakeholders in urban renewal. The implementation and quality evaluation of public participation are subject to local contexts. Thus, it is necessary to research on public participation in different contexts. In Macao, it has been a great challenge to carry out urban renewal, because of the special urban development process, political institution, and socio-cultural attributes in Macao. However, there is a good foundation for public participation in Macao where there are rich social capital and social network. Does public participation contribute to urban renewal in Macao? How is the quality of public participation activities? This book is based on the above research questions. In Sects. 1.1–1.3 of this introductory chapter we give an overview of the research background, motivation and significance. In Sect. 1.4 we give the research content, methodology and framework of this book. Section 1.5 describes the definitions of the core concept of this study.