CEUCI is the Center for Studies on Knowledge- and Innovation-Based Urban Development, established in 2022 at the school of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Planning of the University of Campinas, with the support of FAPESP. The project's first case study is the International Hub for Sustainable Development (HIDS), in which Unicamp's campus is located, through the following transversal thematic axes: technologies, governance, public policies, urban legislation, circular/donut economy, gentrification mitigation and ecological paradigm.

The proposal fits into the current context of a knowledge society in which several university campuses in the cities of São Paulo are expected to undergo a process of transformation in the coming decades, with the installation, in their surroundings, of research and development institutes, innovation hubs and technology-based companies. These new areas of knowledge will demand a series of equipment and urban infrastructure, such as housing, services, sanitation, free spaces for public use, among others. Given their location, typically in urban fringe areas, at the interface with agricultural areas, fragments of natural forests and other preexistences generally disconnected from consolidated urban areas, and due to the current scenario of climate change, destruction of ecosystems, economic crisis and social transformation, these areas will face several challenges, requiring new urban planning methods and tools.

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