city management
Urban administrative oversight
City management is the administration of a municipality's operations, services, and resources.
The term covers everything from budgeting and infrastructure to public safety and zoning.
In cities with a council-manager system, city management refers specifically to professional administrators who run daily operations while elected officials set policy: She's spent her career in city management.
- master planOverall strategic framework
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- building codesLaws governing structure safety
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
property taxes · budget cuts · utilities · land use · neighborhood watch · public forums · road maintenance · pothole repair · water supply · town hall meeting · smart grids · civic participation · housing density · waste recycling · transparency · surveys · business incentives · annexation
- city governmentmayor's office, public servants, civil servants, municipal employees, mayors
- local governmentaldermen, councillors, councillor, governor, mayors
- public administrationadministrative law, government agencies, ministries, local government, county government
- citiesParis, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles
- Japanese CitiesTokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama, Nagoya
- municipal governmentmayor, municipal council, town council, municipal budget, municipal services
city managementfederal government
Centralized national ruling body
national administration · state government · grassroots organizing · individual autonomy
city managementurban chaos
Disorder in populated areas
anarchy · urban decay · failed state · lawlessness · abandonment
city managementprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
corporate governance · privatization · market control · deregulation · laissez-faire