Community suitability of Western, Ghana
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 72
78
best land · p90
98%
good land
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one block
How each domain holds up
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 73
Climate, growing & hazards 72
Autonomy & access 50
Where it pushes back
Growing conditionsAccessibilityWater availability & quality
Within Western — 22 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Mpohor
strongest Autonomy & access (97) ·
weakest Climate, growing & hazards (70)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 85
Tarkwa Nsuaem
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (72)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 82
Wassa East
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (67)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 81
Ahanta West
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Climate, growing & hazards (68)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 79
Bia East
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (59)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 78
Wassa Amenfi East
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 77
Sefwi-Wiawso
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 75
Bodi
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 75
Sefwi Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 75
Prestea / Huni Valley
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 74
Suaman
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 74
Jomoro
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Juabeso
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Bia West
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Ellembelle
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Nzema East
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Sefwi Akontombra
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Shama
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 68
Wassa Amenfi Central
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Aowin
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Wassa Amenfi West
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Sekondi Takoradi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
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
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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