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.

• Part I — Theory and Foundations1. Symbiotic Planning as a Paradigm2. How AI Knows the City3. Governing the Partnership: Institutionalizing Symbiotic AccountabilityPart II — The CORE Framework: The Protocols of Symbiotic Planning4. The CORE Methods Primer: Rules, Roles, and Evidence for Symbiotic Planning5. The Collaboration Protocol: Founding the Social Contract6. The Options Protocol: Generating Diverse, Negotiable Possibilities Within Human-Defined Constraints7. The Refinement Protocol: Democratic Deliberation in Symbiotic Systems8. The Execution Protocol: From Authorized Plan to Governed Learning SystemPart III — Patterns and Practice: The Living Library of Symbiotic Planning9. The Pattern Language Foundation10. Symbiosis Studies: Designs for Wicked Urban Problems11. Evaluation and Institutionalization: Building the Evidence Base for Symbiotic Planning12. The Symbiotic FutureAppendices

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