AI-Based Zoning Posed As The Answer For Smart And ‘Equitable’ Cities

Technocrat Smart City architects are turning to AI and systems-theory to automate property zoning. Dr. Parag Khanna was right when he said the ‘globalization is the system‘.  ⁃ TN EditorZoning codes are a century old, and the lifeblood of all major U.S. cities (except arguably Houston), determining what can be built where and what activities can take place in a neighborhood. Yet as their complexity has risen, academics are increasingly exploring whether their rule-based sy