Community suitability of Qacha's Nek, Lesotho
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 54
93
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 88
Climate, growing & hazards 88
Autonomy & access 25
Where it pushes back
Healthcare qualityAccessibilityLegal entity & land framework
Within Qacha's Nek — 22 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Sekhalabateng
strongest Land & water (90) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 58
Urban
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (93) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 58
Ha Sekake
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (87) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 57
Mosaqane
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (94) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 57
Mosuoe
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (89) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 57
Matlali
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 56
Pheellong
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 56
Rankakala
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 56
White Hill
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 56
Makhoareng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
Matebeng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
Mosenekeng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
Moshebi
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
Tebellong
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
Tsatsa le Meno
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 55
'Melikane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 54
Ha Thuube
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 54
Sehlaba-Thebe
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 54
Lebakeng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 53
Leseling
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 53
Linakeng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 53
Mohlapiso
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 53
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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