Abstract
San Diego is the second-largest in California State and the eighth-largest city in the United States. From a small border town, San Diego has grown to a thriving metropolis of nearly 1.4 million people (2019). San Diego smart city planning began with its first Comprehensive Plan as early as 1908 by John Nolen. The city has a unique history of well-planned development with active citizen participation. Over the years, the city’s economic base has expanded from tourism and defense to include high technology research, manufacturing, and international trade. This chapter looks at the journey undertaken by the city with strategies, goals, and developments in transforming the city of San Diego into a world-class Smart City. Many innovative concepts and technologies are adopted and deployed for improving the resident’s quality of life. Smart projects are undertaken in the city to improve public mobility and provide real-time data to help in better decision-making are discussed.
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Though the project is no longer in place the focus of the project was to study how the technology can assist and integrated with the traffic studies.
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The San Diego Promise Zone is home to some of the most disadvantaged and underserved communities.
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The city now has ordinances and a privacy commission aimed at stopping city- government abuse.
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First author is very thankful to Prof. PSN Rao, Director, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi for the encouragement in her academic pursuits. Authors acknowledge Climate Change Research Institute for support.
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Tripathi, N.G., Goel, M. (2022). Citizen-Centric Smart Planning: Case Study San Diego, California. In: Vinod Kumar, T.M. (eds) Smart Master Planning for Cities. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2386-9_8
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