Integrated data bases for municipal decision-making
Patrick E. Mantey, Eric D. Carlson · 1975
Municipal governments are, in essence, created to deliver services to a geographical area. There is an unusual variety, in comparison to private industry, of services offered. Local government is often structured (or fractured) along functional lines into special districts, as well as by geography. Such structuring has precluded concentration of power, but it has increased the complexity of planning, resource allocation, or management.