Community suitability of Oaxaca, Mexico
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 65
89
best land · p90
88%
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 77
Climate, growing & hazards 85
Autonomy & access 43
Where it pushes back
Land tenure securityGovernance & corruptionAccessibility
Within Oaxaca — 30 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Dist. Huajuapam
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
Dist. Tlacolula
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Dist. Etla
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Dist. Nochixtlan
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Dist. Silacayoapam
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Dist. Zaachila
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Dist. Zimatlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Dist. Ejutla
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Dist. Ocotlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Dist. Teposcolula
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Dist. Coixtlahuaca
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Dist. Juxtlahuaca
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Dist. Cuicatlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Dist. Del Centro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Dist. Miahuatlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Dist. Tlaxiaco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Juchitan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Dist. Teotitlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Dist. Ixtlan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Dist. Tuxtepec
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Dist. Villa Alta
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Dist. Yautepec
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Dist. Pochutla
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Dist. Putla
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Dist. Sola De Vega
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Dist. Choapam
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Dist. Juquila
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Dist. Mixe
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Dist. Juchitan
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Dist. Jamiltepec
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
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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