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Community suitability of Antioquia, Colombia

Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 54
73
best land · p90
31%
good land
—
one block
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How each domain holds up

Legal & sovereignty 55
Governance, safety & tenure 47
Economy & cost 77
Society, freedom & health 86
Land & water 44
Climate, growing & hazards 81
Autonomy & access 21

Where it pushes back

Water availability & qualityAccessibilityGovernance & corruption

Within Antioquia — 126 sub-regions

Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.

Sopetran
strongest Autonomy & access (93) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 73
Ebejico
strongest Autonomy & access (91) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
San Jeronimo
strongest Autonomy & access (92) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Angelopolis
strongest Autonomy & access (93) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Entrerrios
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (96) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Heliconia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Olaya
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 71
Retiro
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Armenia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Fredonia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
La Union
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
San Pedro
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 70
Santa Barbara
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Santa Rosa De Osos
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Titiribi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Valparaiso
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Abejorral
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Giraldo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
La Ceja
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Liborina
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Montebello
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Venecia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Belmira
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Don Matias
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Puerto Triunfo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Amaga
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
San Vicente
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Antioquia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Anza
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Betulia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Caldas
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Caramanta
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Concordia
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Jerico
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Barbosa
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Buritica
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Concepcion
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Sabanalarga
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
San Andres
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Tamesis
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Tarso
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Caicedo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
La Estrella
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
San Pedro De Uraba
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 64
Bello
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 63
Cocorna
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Granada
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Jardin
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Necocli
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 63
Pto Nare (la Magd.)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
San Jose De La Montana
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
San Juan De Uraba
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 63
Maceo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Medellin
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Penol
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Rionegro
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Sonson
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Apartado
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 61
Arboletes
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 61
Carmen De Viboral
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 61
Guarne
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Puerto Berrio
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 61
Salgar
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 61
San Luis
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 61
Toledo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 61
Turbo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 61
Canasgordas
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Caracoli
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
San Roque
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Carolina
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Copacabana
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
San Carlos
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Marinilla
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 58
Santuario
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 58
Uramita
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 58
Girardota
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Abriaqui
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Narino
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 54
Peque
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 54
Envigado
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Mutata
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 49
Itagui
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Betania
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 45
Ituango
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 44
Andes
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 43
Sabaneta
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Dabeiba
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Frontino
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Urrao
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Alejandria
excluded excl
Amalfi
excluded excl
Angostura
excluded excl
Anori
excluded excl
Argelia
excluded excl
Bolivar
excluded excl
Briceno
excluded excl
Caceres
excluded excl
Campamento
excluded excl
Carepa
excluded excl
Caucasia
excluded excl
Chigorodo
excluded excl
Cisneros
excluded excl
El Bagre
excluded excl
Gomez Plata
excluded excl
Guadalupe
excluded excl
Guatape
excluded excl
Hispania
excluded excl
Murindo
excluded excl
Nechi
excluded excl
Necocli (is.)
excluded excl
Pueblorrico
excluded excl
Remedios
excluded excl
San Francisco
excluded excl
San Rafael
excluded excl
Santo Domingo
excluded excl
Segovia
excluded excl
Taraza
excluded excl
Turbo (is.)
excluded excl
Valdivia
excluded excl
Vegachi
excluded excl
Vigia Del Fuerte
excluded excl
Yali
excluded excl
Yarumal
excluded excl
Yolombo
excluded excl
Yondo
excluded excl
Zaragoza
excluded excl

Reading the land, criterion by criterion

Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.

Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening

These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.

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