The Urban Professional
in the Age of AI.

AI is already entering the everyday machinery of urban planning. It can compare policy documents, analyse consultation responses, maintain project histories, generate scenarios and expose inconsistencies across complex programmes. That makes many forms of professional production faster. It does not make public judgement easier.

The Urban Professional in the Age of AI examines what happens when artificial intelligence moves from an occasional tool to part of the institutional infrastructure of planning. The book asks where human judgement remains essential, how organisations can preserve memory when machines increasingly mediate information, and what happens to accountability when analysis becomes cheap and abundant.

Across essays on verification, project memory, digital twins, participation, modelling and delegation, the book develops a practical approach to AI for planners, strategists and public institutions. Its central argument is that the main challenge is no longer producing more information. It is deciding what deserves attention, what can safely be delegated, what must remain contestable and who remains responsible for the decision.