Symbiotic Planning for Urban Futures

A Paradigm for Human-AI Co-Creation
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-45040-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peng, Zhong-Ren

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I — Theory and Foundations
1. Symbiotic Planning as a Paradigm
2. How AI Knows the City
3. Governing the Partnership: Institutionalizing Symbiotic Accountability

Part II — The CORE Framework: The Protocols of Symbiotic Planning
4. The CORE Methods Primer: Rules, Roles, and Evidence for Symbiotic Planning
5. The Collaboration Protocol: Founding the Social Contract
6. The Options Protocol: Generating Diverse, Negotiable Possibilities Within Human-Defined Constraints
7. The Refinement Protocol: Democratic Deliberation in Symbiotic Systems
8. The Execution Protocol: From Authorized Plan to Governed Learning System

Part III — Patterns and Practice: The Living Library of Symbiotic Planning
9. The Pattern Language Foundation
10. Symbiosis Studies: Designs for Wicked Urban Problems
11. Evaluation and Institutionalization: Building the Evidence Base for Symbiotic Planning
12. The Symbiotic Future

Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Peng, Zhong-Ren
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.