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dollx

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Which of the following is true of the development of empowerment zones?
 
  a. It combines private and public resources and directs them toward grassroots community efforts to revitalize blighted neighborhoods.
  b. Businesses located in such zones would be subject to more stringent regulations than businesses outside the zone.
  c. Businesses located in empowerment zones would be taxed at a higher rate than other areas of a city.
  d. It is based on the laissez-faire assumption that the tax and regulatory systems stifle initiative and self-improvement.

Question 2

The defensible space strategy focuses on ________.
 
  a. spreading poverty evenly around a metropolitan area by developing ghettos so that communities are grouped together
  b. the segregation of neighborhoods to promote stability
  c. the physical environment of neighborhoods that makes it easier for people to protect themselves against crime
  d. reducing tensions between racial groups


ktidd

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c


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