In 2004, SANDAG adopted the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) for the San Diego region. The RCP provides a vision for the region based on smart growth and sustainability. A key implementation action of the RCP has been the development of a “Smart Growth Concept Map” illustrating the location of existing, planned, and potential smart growth areas.
In 2006, SANDAG accepted the inital Smart Growth Concept Map for the San Diego region. In July 2008, the SANDAG Board accepted an updated Concept Map. The Concept Map contains almost 200 locations in seven smart growth categories identified in the RCP. The seven smart growth “place types” include: the Metropolitan Center, Urban Centers, Town Centers, Community Centers, Rural Villages, Mixed Use Transit Corridors, and Special Use Centers, reflecting the notion that smart growth is not a “one-size-fits-all” endeavor. The Smart Growth in the San Diego Region brochure provides descriptions of these areas.
Our Interactive Smart Growth Concept Map is available to help locate smart growth areas around the region, view photos of existing smart growth projects in these locations (where available), and answer questions such as how the map will be used, how it was prepared, and how it will be updated. PDF downloads of the Smart Growth Concept Map also are available below.
Visual simulations of smart growth are available and illustrate how communities could be transformed by smart growth development and transit-friendly designs. The Smart Growth Photo Library provides pictures of existing smart growth development projects in areas on the Smart Growth Concept Map. A sampling of photos is available through the Interactive Smart Growth Concept Map by selecting the desired location, where available. A complete set of pictures is available for $15 and can be ordered through our Publications Order Form.
Regional Scale Map - July 2008
San Diego Region Smart Growth Concept Map
Subregional Scale Maps, Corresponding Site Descriptions, & Listing of Smart Growth Areas - July 2008 North County
South County
Mid-City and East County
North City
Site Descriptions (by jurisdiction)
Listing of Smart Growth Areas (by place type) | 
