The ability to identify where you are, that is locating your space and evaluating it in relation to someplace else, is known as spatial analysis. This ability will help you better to understand where and what is occurring in your world, but also to solve location-oriented problems and answer complex spatial questions.
Definition of mayor-council. : of, relating to, or constituting a method of municipal government in which policy-making and administrative powers are vested in a usually elective mayor and council — compare council-manager plan, strong mayor, weak mayor.