Community suitability of Berea, Lesotho
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 65
94
best land · p90
100%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 47
Governance, safety & tenure 49
Economy & cost 79
Society, freedom & health 31
Land & water 91
Climate, growing & hazards 92
Autonomy & access 95
Where it pushes back
Healthcare qualityLegal entity & land frameworkGovernance & corruption
Within Berea — 24 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
'Makhoroana
strongest Autonomy & access (98) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
Majoe-Mats'o
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (93) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
Mohatlane
strongest Autonomy & access (97) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
'Mamathe
strongest Land & water (93) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Khokhoba (I)
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (96) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Koali
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Mapoteng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Mika
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Pulane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Sebetia (I)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Kolojane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Lekokoaneng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Mokhachane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Mokhameleli
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Thupa-Kubu
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Bela-Bela
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Mokomahatsi
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Thuathe
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Khokhoba (II
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 62
Urban
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 62
CPA
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 61
Maqhaka
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 60
Sebetia (II)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 58
Foso
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
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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