Category Archives: ethics

When “Neutrality” Becomes Blindness: The Perils of Censoring Race, Class, and Gender Data in Urban Planning

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Tom Sanchez

Political pushback against DEI is igniting right at the moment that AI is rising in urban planning. If we don’t fight it, the results could be catastrophic. See my Planetizen column here.

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The Ethical Concerns of Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Tom Sanchez

See our new open access article in the Journal of the American Planning Association on the ethics of AI in planning. Co-authors Marc Brenman, Xinyue Ye, and I welcome your comments. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2024.2355305

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