Community suitability of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 59
69
best land · p90
21%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 50
Governance, safety & tenure 40
Economy & cost 96
Society, freedom & health 78
Land & water 38
Climate, growing & hazards 81
Autonomy & access 57
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityLand tenure securityGovernance & corruption
Within Alta Verapaz — 17 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Tactic
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (40)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Santa Cruz Verapaz
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (40)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
San Cristóbal Verapaz
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (40)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (40)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Tamahú
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (40)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Raxruja
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
San Juan Chamelco
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Cobán
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Tucurú
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
San Pedro Carchá
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 56
Panzós
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 53
Santa Catarina La Tinta
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 52
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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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