Almost singlehandedly, Ms. Jacobs inspired the opposition to massive urban renewal schemes.

A renewal scheme is in progress (October 2007) to reopen these waterways.

Today, the fish industry is developing rapidly, due to technological modernization and renewal schemes and the growth of aquaculture.

They also demanded that slum dwellers not be forced from their hovels and shacks by a new urban renewal scheme.

Homes in Africville were torn down as part of an urban renewal scheme between 1964 and 1967.

It reminds me of an urban renewal scheme I once imagined for rebuilding Manhattan.

These organizations were to initiate a renewal scheme for one of the most deprived areas in Britain.

Susan guessed that it was the centerpiece of some urban renewal scheme.

No renewal scheme can succeed without more money for schools, beyond the additional sums authorized last year, and job creation.

As part of a planned urban renewal scheme in 2008, local residents expressed concern over increased environmental noise and traffic.