Community suitability of Sulawesi Barat, Indonesia
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 54
71
best land · p90
61%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 49
Society, freedom & health 100
Land & water 47
Climate, growing & hazards 83
Autonomy & access 21
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityAccessibilityGovernance & corruption
Within Sulawesi Barat — 5 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Polewalimamasa
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Majene
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Mamuju Utara
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (23)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 55
Mamasa
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (22)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 54
Mamuju
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (16)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 50
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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