Community suitability of Nusatenggara Timur, Indonesia
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 74
84
best land · p90
90%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 49
Society, freedom & health 100
Land & water 77
Climate, growing & hazards 79
Autonomy & access 69
Where it pushes back
Governance & corruptionGrowing conditionsWater availability & quality
Within Nusatenggara Timur — 16 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Sikka
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 79
Sumba Timur
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 79
Timor Tengah Selatan
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 78
Belu
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 77
Ende
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 77
Manggarai
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Sumba Barat
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Timor Tengah Utara
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 76
Kupang
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 74
Manggarai Barat
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Ngada
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Flores Timur
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Rotendao
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Alor
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Lembata
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Kota Kupang
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 27
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
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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