Community suitability of Iwate, Japan
Highly suitable confidence B · live score 84
88
best land · p90
99%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 76
Governance, safety & tenure 83
Economy & cost 96
Society, freedom & health 96
Land & water 75
Climate, growing & hazards 94
Autonomy & access 93
Where it pushes back
Soil qualityLand cover & degradationWater availability & quality
Within Iwate — 59 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Highly suitable 87
Highly suitable 87
Highly suitable 87
Nodamura
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Land & water (75)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 87
Highly suitable 87
Yamagatamura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 87
Kuzisi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 86
Miyakosi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 86
Tarootyoo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 86
Toonosi
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 86
Itinohemati
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Kanegasakityoo
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 85
Kawaimura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Kitakamisi
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Koromogawamura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Kuzumakimati
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Miyamorimura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Sawautimura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Yudamati
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Zyooboozimati
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Esasisi
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Hanamakisi
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Hiraizumityoo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 84
Itinosekisi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 84
Kunohemura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Muronemura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Ninohesi
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Oohasamamati
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Oonomura
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Rikuzentakatasi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 84
Sumitatyoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Toowatyoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Yamadamati
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 84
Asirotyoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Daitootyoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Huzisawatyoo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 83
Isawatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Iwatemati
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Maesawatyoo
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 83
Ootutityoo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 83
Senmayatyoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Hanaizumimati
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 82
Higasiyamatyoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Kawasakimura
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 82
Mizusawasi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 82
Oohunatosi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 82
Isidoriyatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 81
Kamaisisi
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 81
Sizukuisityoo
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Taneitimati
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Sanrikutyoo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 80
Karumaimati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Nisinetyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Tamayamamura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Matuomura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Siwatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Moriokasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Takizawamura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Yahabatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
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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