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Abstract
Our urban areas are growing rapidly and therefore need to be planned and adequately serviced to avoid problems associated with unplanned and adhoc growth. Planning so far has been a time consuming activity and by the time a plan is prepared and implemented development continues unabated often defeating the very purpose. A part of the delay can be attributed to the current status of data (outdated maps, lack of information) data collection & analysis and techniques employed to prepare plans. Another aspect with the current methods is that it is not easy to make rational and informed planning decisions. Hence there is need for tools/techniques that enable rapid planning and enable taking rational and informed planning decisions that ultimately lead to plans that are better and implementable. Satellite Images and use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are examples of such tools that facilitate preparation of rapid, comprehensive, rational and implementable plans as this paper attempts to highlight through the Case Study of Preparation of Master Plan for TUDA Region and Zonal Development Plan for Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.