Community suitability of Michoacan, Mexico

Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 70
92
best land · p90
98%
good land
one block
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How each domain holds up

Legal & sovereignty 52
Governance, safety & tenure 39
Economy & cost 86
Society, freedom & health 100
Land & water 86
Climate, growing & hazards 83
Autonomy & access 74

Where it pushes back

Land tenure securityGovernance & corruptionLegal entity & land framework

Within Michoacan — 113 sub-regions

Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.

Angangueo
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 77
Ocampo
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 76
Aporo
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Chucandiro
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Churintzio
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Cojumatlan De Regules
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Erongaricuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Marcos Castellanos
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Paracho
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Senguio
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Susupuato
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 75
Cheran
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Hidalgo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Huandacareo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Jiquilpan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Morelos
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Pajacuaran
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Penjamillo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Tancitaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Tanhuato
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Tingambato
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Tlalpujahua
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Vista Hermosa
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Yurecuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Zinaparo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Ario
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Brisenas De Matamoros
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Charapan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Charo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Ecuandureo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Huaniqueo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Indaparapeo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Juarez
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Jungapeo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Nahuatzen
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Purepero
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Querendaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Quiroga
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Tacambaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Tlazazalca
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Tuxpan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Villamar
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Coahuayana
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Coeneo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Copandaro De Galeana
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Cuitzeo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Jose Sixto Verduzco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Maravatio
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Nuevo Urecho
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Panindicuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Santa Ana Maya
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tangamandapio
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tangancicuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tinguindin
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tuzantla
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tzitzio
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Zacapu
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Zitacuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Acuitzio
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Alvaro Obregon
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Angamacutiro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Chavinda
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Chilchota
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Cotija
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Epitacio Huerta
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Ixtlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Jimenez
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
La Piedad
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Nuevo Parangaricutiro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Patzcuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Puruandiro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Sahuayo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Salvador Escalante
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Tzintzuntzan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Venustiano Carranza
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Zinapecuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Contepec
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Lazaro Cardenas
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Periban
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Uruapan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Apatzingan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Chinicuila
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Los Reyes
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Madero
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Morelia
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Paracuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Arteaga
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Buenavista
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Gabriel Zamora
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Lagunillas
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Mugica
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 68
Nocupetaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Tocumbo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Turicato
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Aquila
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
La Huacana
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Nicolas Romero
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Numaran
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Aguililla
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Huiramba
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Irimbo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Jacona
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Tarentan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Tepalcatepec
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Ziracuaretiro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Caracuaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 64
Tumbiscatio
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 64
Churumuco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 63
Tarimbaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 63
Zamora
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 63
Coalcoman De Vasquez P.
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Huetamo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
San Lucas
pushes back: Growing conditions
Marginally suitable 60

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.

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