Planning on the Verge of AI, or AI on the Verge of Planning

Sanchez, T.W. Planning on the Verge of AI, or AI on the Verge of Planning. Urban Sci. 2023, 7, 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/ urbansci7030070

13 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2024

Date Written: December 28, 2023

Abstract

The urban planning process is complex, involving social, economic, environmental, and political systems. Knowledge of how these systems interact is the domain of professional planners. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) present planners with a ripe opportunity to critically assess their approaches and explore how new data collection, analysis, and methods can augment the understanding of places as they seek to anticipate futures with improved quality of life. AI can offer access to more and better information about travel patterns, energy consumption, land utilization, and environmental impacts, while also helping to better integrate these systems, which is what planners do. The adoption process will likely be gradual and involve significant time and resources. This article highlights several topics and issues that should be considered during this process. It is argued that planners will be well-served by approaching AI tools in a strategic manner that involves the topics discussed here.

Keywords: urban planning, artificial intelligence, expert systems

Suggested Citation

Sanchez, Thomas W., Planning on the Verge of AI, or AI on the Verge of Planning (December 28, 2023). Sanchez, T.W. Planning on the Verge of AI, or AI on the Verge of Planning. Urban Sci. 2023, 7, 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/ urbansci7030070, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4678193

Thomas W. Sanchez (Contact Author)

Texas A&M University ( email )

College Station, TX
United States

HOME PAGE: http://tomwsanchez.com/

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