Name: Enhancing Public Participation with Generative AI
Rating: 4.36 (53 reviews)
Author: Tom Sanchez

Course Info

7 video lessons (77 Mins)
Published
2026

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Browse Course Chapters

1.

Introduction

7 mins
2.

Summarizing Public Input with Large Language Models

17 mins
3.

Generating Tailored Communications and Translations

12 mins
4.

Real-Time Scenario Engagement Platforms

9 mins
5.

Equity and Ethics in AI-Based Participation

16 mins
6.

Hands-On Demos

8 mins
7.

Conclusion and What’s Next

5 mins

What You Will Learn

- Understand how generative AI tools can improve public participation by summarizing large volumes of community feedback and making engagement processes more efficient and inclusive.

- Learn to generate tailored outreach materials using GenAI for different stakeholder groups, including multilingual, age-appropriate, and accessibility-optimized communications.

- Understand the use of real-time and visual scenario tools to enhance transparency and responsiveness in community engagement.

- Identify ethical and equity considerations when using GenAI in participatory planning, including risks related to bias, misrepresentation, and oversimplification of diverse input.

- Understand how GenAI tools can design engagement tasks, such as summarizing community meetings, generating visuals from prompts, and translating outreach materials.

Course Description

Explore how generative AI can support more inclusive, transparent, and responsive public participation in urban planning with a focus on tools and techniques that help planners summarize large volumes of public feedback, generate tailored outreach materials, and visualize planning scenarios in ways that resonate with diverse audiences. The course includes real-world examples and step-by-step walkthroughs using generative text, image, and 3D visualization platforms.