Community suitability of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 63
72
best land · p90
36%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 49
Society, freedom & health 100
Land & water 46
Climate, growing & hazards 78
Autonomy & access 59
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityGovernance & corruptionGrowing conditions
Within Sumatera Utara — 25 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Simalungun
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Land & water (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Samosir
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Toba Samosir
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Asahan
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Humbang Hasundutan
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Land & water (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Tapanuli Utara
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Karo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Pakpakbharat
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Serdang Bedagai
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Kota Padangsidempuan
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Deli Serdang
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Labuhanbatu
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Tapanuli Selatan
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Dairi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Kota Tanjungbalai
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Kota Tebingtinggi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 57
Langkat
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 52
Kota Medan
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Kota Binjai
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
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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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