Community suitability of Baja California Sur, Mexico
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 46
70
best land · p90
64%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 52
Governance, safety & tenure 39
Economy & cost 86
Society, freedom & health 100
Land & water 66
Climate, growing & hazards 59
Autonomy & access 7
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityLand tenure security
Within Baja California Sur — 20 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
La Paz
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 64
Isla Cerralvo
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 58
Isla Espiritu Santo
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 57
Isla San Jose
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (19)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Isla Santa Margarita
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (17)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Comondu
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 49
Isla San Marcos
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 48
Isla De Santa Cruz
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Isla Danzante
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Isla
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 44
Isla Monserrat
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 44
Isla Coronados
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Isla El Carmen
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Isla Santa Catarina
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Baja California Sur
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Mulege
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Isla De Natividad
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 33
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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
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
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.
Other regions in Mexico
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