The Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) is an applied think tank at the University of Oregon focusing on sustainability and cities. SCI’s Urbanism Next initiative focuses on the ramifications of changes in technology on the design and planning of our cities. Advances in technology such as the advent of autonomous vehicles (AV’s), the rise of E-commerce, and the proliferation of the sharing economy are having profound effects not only on how we live, move, and spend our time in cities, but also increasingly on urban form and development itself. Through a multidisciplinary approach, our research gathers the latest thinking on the state and trajectories of these technologies, analyzes the potential implications for urban form and development, and projects how these changes should affect current design, planning, and development decisions.

There are multiple ways to stay abreast of this work, including:

• Access Urbanism Next white papers by filling out a short form
• Follow the Urbanism Next blog
• Contact SCI Co-Director Nico Larco or SCI Research Director Rebecca Lewis