regional centers
Area administrative bases
Regional centers are facilities or offices that serve a geographic area larger than a single locality but smaller than a national scope.
They consolidate services, administration, or resources for surrounding communities: The regional center handles disability services for five counties.
In immigration contexts, regional centers are entities designated to promote economic growth through foreign investment programs.
- hubsCentral focal points
- hub and spokeCentral node, branching connections
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- county seatsRegional government headquarters
- districtsDefined administrative regions
bureaus · local · administrative · community · branch offices · zones · territories · municipalities · catchment · services · immigration · decentralized · nodes · peripheral · suburban · outlying · urban sprawl · development
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- archivesnational archives, state archives, archivist, archive box, national archive
- Buddhist groupssanghas, monastic community, Buddhist temples, meditation groups, Buddhist temple
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- Disability Rightsdisability rights, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, accessibility
- urban geographysuburbs, satellite towns, commuter towns, exurbs, bedroom communities
regional centersnational capital
Seat of federal government
capital · capital city · seat of government · federal capital · capital region
regional centersvillages
Small rural settlements
hamlets · rural areas · small towns · hinterland · countryside
regional centerscentralized authority
Governance from single point
central hub · metropole · core · nucleus · focal point
regional, centers, region, center, centre, centres, regions, regionally, centered