Introduction: AI for and in Urban Planning

Journal Article (2025)
Authors

T. Wang (Design & Construction Management)

N. Yorke-Smith (TU Delft - Algorithmics)

Research Group
Design & Construction Management
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https://doi.org/10.17645/up.9417
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
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Design & Construction Management
Volume number
10
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17645/up.9417
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Abstract

As a tool serving other disciplines of enquiry, artificial intelligence (AI) offers the potential of a potent discovery, a design and analysis paradigm to address (new) questions in urban planning. This thematic issue raises a forum for cross-disciplinary dialogues at the intersection of urban planning and AI. Nine articles discuss both emerging use cases in urban planning practice and the relevant AI techniques being used and developed, as well as articulate the challenges associated. Future development of AI in urban planning shall address the ethical, inclusive, and just implications of AI applications for urban planning while navigating human and AI agents’ interactions and intra-actions to facilitate a better understanding of the intentions of AI development and use, and the impacts on the behaviour of designers and users in complex urban planning practices.