regional authorities
Provincial governing bodies
Regional authorities are governmental or administrative bodies that exercise power over a defined geographic area smaller than a nation but larger than a municipality—provinces, states, counties, or districts.
They typically handle matters like land use, transportation, and public services within their jurisdiction: The regional authorities approved the new zoning plan.
The term often appears in discussions of decentralized governance.
- health departmentGovernment body monitoring community wellness
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
- planning commissionBody overseeing land-use decisions
- town planningOrganizing community development
- building permitsOfficial approval for construction
devolution · county · regulatory agency · parishes · state · mayor · regulators · district · judiciary · prefecture · cantons · boroughs · councilor · agency · subnational · commissioners · territory · zone
regional authoritiescentral government
Nation's primary governing body
federal government · national government · national authorities · central administration · Westminster
regional authoritiesprivate sector
Economy outside government control
private enterprise · corporations · multinational corporations · private companies · non-governmental organizations
regional authoritiescentralized power
Authority held by few
central command · national headquarters · Whitehall · Washington