Community suitability of Kagosima, Japan

Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 73
73
best land · p90
52%
good land
one block
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How each domain holds up

Legal & sovereignty 76
Governance, safety & tenure 83
Economy & cost 96
Society, freedom & health 96
Land & water 43
Climate, growing & hazards 92
Autonomy & access 70

Where it pushes back

Water availability & qualityLand cover & degradationAccessibility

Within Kagosima — 95 sub-regions

Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.

Nagasimatyoo
strongest Autonomy & access (97) · weakest Land & water (56)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 80
Azumatyoo
strongest Economy & cost (96) · weakest Land & water (54)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 79
Nodatyoo
strongest Economy & cost (96) · weakest Land & water (55)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 79
Satatyoo
strongest Economy & cost (96) · weakest Land & water (49)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Takaonotyoo
strongest Economy & cost (96) · weakest Land & water (53)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Akunesi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Izumisi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Nezimetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Turudatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Miyanozyootyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Tasirotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Boonotutyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Hisikarityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Hiwakityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Kasasatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Kedoointyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Ookutisi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Oonezimetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Oooratyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Sendaisi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Toogootyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Higasikusiratyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Kasedasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Kooyamatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Oosakityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Utinooratyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Airatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Eetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Itikityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Kaimontyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Kusikinosi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Kusiratyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Satumatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Yorontyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Ariaketyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Irikityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Kamootyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Makurazakisi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Sibusityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Higasiitikityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Kamikosikimura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Kanoyasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Kinpootyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Satomura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Yamagawatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Hiyosityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Hukiagetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Ibusukisi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Kurinotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Yosimatutyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Kasimamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Matuyamatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Tarumizusi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Tirantyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Simokosikison
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Izyuuintyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Kawanabetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Nisinoomotesi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Oosumityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Kihokutyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Kooriyamatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Yokogawatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Yosidatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Kazikityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Kiiretyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Makizonotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Matumototyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Sakurazimatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Takarabetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Tinatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Wadomarityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Kirisimatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Mizobetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Sueyosityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Misimamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Kagosimasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Kokubusi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 62
Amagityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Isentyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Tokunosimatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Hayatotyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 56
Setootityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 47
Kasarityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 43
Ukenson
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Currently not suitable 40
Tosimamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Currently not suitable 39
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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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