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    Symbiotic Planning for Urban Futures by Peng, Zhong-Ren;

    A Paradigm for Human-AI Co-Creation

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Elsevier Science
    • Date of Publication 1 October 2026

    • ISBN 9780443450402
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages280 pages
    • Size 229x152 mm
    • Weight 450 g
    • Language English
    • 700

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    Symbiotic Planning for Urban Futures: A Paradigm for Human-AI Co-Creation presents a framework for harnessing AI's analytical power while preserving democratic control over urban futures. This book establishes symbiotic planning as a falsifiable paradigm-grounded in five technology-neutral axioms and operationalized through governed friction-where AI acts as governed co-creator across the CORE framework: Collaboration, Options, Refinement, Execution. It clarifies distinct roles: AI synthesizes evidence, generates non-obvious options, and stress-tests plans; planners steward assumptions and translate values into constraints; communities contest and refine constraints; and authorized decision-makers set ends and grant time-bound approvals. Equity is treated as a primary design constraint, with equity floors as binding guardrails.

    This book serves as essential resource for urban planners, civic technologists, policymakers, researchers, and students committed to democratic urban governance in an algorithmic age. It provides actionable governance tools, including Civic Evidence Dossiers, Authorization Forums, Equity Gates, and a 100-Day Starter Kit, ensuring AI remains transparent, contestable, and subject to renewal. Whether navigating AI procurement, studying algorithmic accountability, or organizing for transparent decision-making, this book empowers readers to make cities more resilient, equitable, and democratically co-governed.

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    Table of Contents:

    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

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