Community suitability of Simane, Japan
Highly suitable confidence B · live score 83
84
best land · p90
94%
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 67
Climate, growing & hazards 97
Autonomy & access 88
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityLand cover & degradationSoil quality
Within Simane — 59 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Hasumimura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Land & water (69)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 86
Kawamotomati
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (98) ·
weakest Land & water (69)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 86
Sakuraetyoo
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (98) ·
weakest Land & water (70)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 86
Daiwamura
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Land & water (68)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Gootusi
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Land & water (71)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Iwamityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Akagityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Asahityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Masudasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Mizuhotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Nitiharatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Ootityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Tuwanotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Yokotatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Yunotumati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Hamadasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Kakinokimura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Kanagityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Nimatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Nitatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Oodasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Tonbaratyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Hikimityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Kakeyamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Misumityoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Mitotyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Muikaitimati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Yasakamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Yosidamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Daitootyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Kisukityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Sadatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Hirosemati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Mitoyatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Takityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Hakutatyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Tibumura
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 74
Amatyoo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 74
Nisinosimatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Hiratasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Kamomati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Gokamura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Koryootyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Simanetyoo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Husemura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Saigootyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Tumamura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Yakumomura
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Sinzityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Taisyamati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Yasugisi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Izumosi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Kasimatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Mihonosekityoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Higasiizumotyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Hikawatyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Tamayutyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Matuesi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
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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