Symbiotic Planning for Urban Futures

A Paradigm for Human-AI Co-Creation

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Symbiotic Planning for Urban Futures: A Paradigm for Human-AI Co-Creation presents a framework for harnessing artificial intelligence in urban planning while preserving democratic control over urban futures. The book establishes symbiotic planning as a falsifiable paradigm grounded in five technology-neutral axioms and operationalized through governed friction, in which AI acts as a governed co-creator across the CORE framework: Collaboration, Options, Refinement, and Execution. It shows how planners can guide AI systems to generate options, support evidence-based refinement, translate values into constraints, and communicate context and equity considerations to decision-makers. By treating equity as a primary design constraint, the book offers a practical foundation for more transparent, accountable, and democratic urban governance in an algorithmic age.

This book will be of value to urban planners, civic technologists, policymakers, researchers, and students seeking to understand how AI can support public-sector decision-making without displacing human judgment or public accountability.

Introduces symbiotic planning as a falsifiable paradigm for integrating AI into urban
planning under democratic governance
Presents the CORE framework to show how AI’s role can shift across collaboration, option generation, refinement, and execution under planner-in-the-loop oversight
Demonstrates applications through domain-specific studies and practical tools, including Civic Evidence Dossiers, Authorization Forums, Equity Gates, and a 100-Day Starter Kit

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780443450402

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Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of iAdapt: International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. His research focuses on urban and regional planning, climate adaptation, and the use of data and emerging technologies to help build more resilient, equitable, and sustainable communities. His work introduced the concept of Urban Planning AI and advanced governance-centered frameworks for human–AI co-creation in urban planning.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I — Theory and Foundations1. Symbiotic Planning as a Paradigm2. How AI Knows the City3. Governing the Partnership: Institutionalizing Symbiotic AccountabilityPart II — The CORE Framework: The Protocols of Symbiotic Planning4. The CORE Methods Primer: Rules, Roles, and Evidence for Symbiotic Planning5. The Collaboration Protocol: Founding the Social Contract6. The Options Protocol: Generating Diverse, Negotiable Possibilities Within Human-Defined Constraints7. The Refinement Protocol: Democratic Deliberation in Symbiotic Systems8. The Execution Protocol: From Authorized Plan to Governed Learning SystemPart III — Patterns and Practice: The Living Library of Symbiotic Planning9. The Pattern Language Foundation10. Symbiosis Studies: Designs for Wicked Urban Problems11. Evaluation and Institutionalization: Building the Evidence Base for Symbiotic Planning12. The Symbiotic FutureAppendices