Community suitability of Cauca, Colombia
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 56
83
best land · p90
53%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 55
Governance, safety & tenure 47
Economy & cost 77
Society, freedom & health 86
Land & water 55
Climate, growing & hazards 88
Autonomy & access 18
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityWater availability & qualityGovernance & corruption
Within Cauca — 40 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Caldono
strongest Autonomy & access (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Silvia
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Mercaderes
strongest Society, freedom & health (86) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 71
Piendamo
strongest Autonomy & access (94) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Timbio
strongest Autonomy & access (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Caloto
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 70
La Sierra
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Purace
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Sotara
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Rosas
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
San Sebastian
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Florencia
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 68
Inza
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 68
Popayan
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Santander De Quilichao
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Toribio
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 68
Almaguer
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 67
Bolivar
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 67
Jambalo
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 67
La Vega
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Padilla
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 67
Cajibio
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Patia (el Bordo)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Buenos Aires
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Corinto
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Miranda
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Paez
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Puerto Tejada
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Balboa
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Morales
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Suarez
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 54
Santa Rosa
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
El Tambo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 48
Gorgona (is.)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Currently not suitable 39
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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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