Community suitability of Nara, Japan
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 77
83
best land · p90
78%
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 56
Climate, growing & hazards 97
Autonomy & access 75
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityLand cover & degradationSoil quality
Within Nara — 47 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Kawakamimura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (98) ·
weakest Land & water (43)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Higasiyosinomura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Land & water (51)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Nosegawamura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Land & water (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Kurotakimura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Land & water (51)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Ootoomura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Land & water (44)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Totukawamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Mituemura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Sonimura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Tenkawamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Nisiyosinomura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Yosinotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Simoitityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Tukigasemura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Utanotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Gozyoosi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
Kamikitayamamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Muroomura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
Haibaratyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Tugemura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Yamazoemura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Ooodatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Ooyodotyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Takatorityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Asukamura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Gosesi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Narasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Sakuraisi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Tenrisi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Hegurityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 55
Sangootyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Taimatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Sinzyootyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Ikarugatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Ikomasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Miyaketyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Andotyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Kanmakityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Kasibasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Kasiharasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Kawaityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Kawanisityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Kooryootyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Oozityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Tawaramototyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Yamatokooriyamasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Yamatotakadasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
excluded excl
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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