Community suitability of Yamagata, Japan
Highly suitable confidence B · live score 83
85
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 70
Climate, growing & hazards 93
Autonomy & access 86
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualitySoil qualityLand cover & degradation
Within Yamagata — 44 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Iidemati
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Land & water (70)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 86
Nagaisi
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Land & water (71)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Asahimati
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Land & water (69)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Hunagatamati
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Land & water (68)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Kawanisimati
strongest Economy & cost (96) ·
weakest Legal & sovereignty (76)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Mamurogawamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Nisikawamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Obanazawasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Ogunimati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Ookuramura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Sakegawamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Tozawamura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Yonezawasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
Asahimura
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Kaneyamamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Mogamimati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Ooemati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Takahatamati
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 83
Tatikawamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Ooisidamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Sinzyoosi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Murayamasi
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 81
Siratakamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 81
Atumimati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 80
Hiratamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 80
Higasinesi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Yawatamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 79
Nanyoosi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Yuzamati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Haguromati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Kaminoyamasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Sagaesi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Kahokutyoo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Kusibikimati
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Yamanobemati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Matuyamamati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
Tendoosi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Yamagatasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Nakayamamati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Huzisimamati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Turuokasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Amarumemati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Sakatasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Mikawamati
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
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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