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Abstract
In present world scenario, the focus is on 'Sustainable Development', which is promoting a widespread awareness of the need to preserve our resources and prepare management policies at a global level. Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh, is one of the many cities in India, growing at a very fast rate. In the patronage of kings and rulers, it has acquired a complex urban structure over the years. Even today, this walled city is a core area for the Capital City of Bhopal. The central part or the core has gone through unusual changes in terms of social and physical transformations. The organic extension has just sprung up and they do not follow any definite pattern but they are again very intense and interestingly follow the same housing morphology of the Walled City. The integrated Inner & outer city Community Resource Management process being outlined in this paper is a shift from the static theories evolving around the physical aspects of the city to a common ground where the 'reality' in the city is perceived as per the 'user'. The focus on the 'user' pushes into prominence the various psychological issues related to the perception and cognition of the real world and its representation in a technological medium for analysis and display. The integrated process relies more on networks and interconnection between various entities and the interaction between them in the spatial-temporal environment.

This paper assesses the capability of remote sensing & GIS in being able to monitor the physical transformation in cities and the multi-dimensional dynamic nature of the community environment. The paper also lends a fresh insight into possible extensions in the existing GIS through coupling with other techniques that can make it a more useful tool for planners, and policymakers.