Community suitability of Yucatan, Mexico

Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 68
83
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 84
Climate, growing & hazards 71
Autonomy & access 63

Where it pushes back

Land tenure securityGovernance & corruptionGrowing conditions

Within Yucatan — 105 sub-regions

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

Cacalchen
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Kantunil
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Hocaba
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Hoctun
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Izamal
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Motul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Muxupip
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Sanahcat
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Sudzal
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tahmek
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Tekanto
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Teya
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Xocchel
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Kinchil
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Tetiz
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Abala
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Bocova
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Cansahcab
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Dzemul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Homun
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Huhi
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Ixil
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Kopoma
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 71
Muna
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Opichen
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Suma
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Tecoh
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Tekal De Venegas
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Telchac Pueblo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Tepakan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Chochola
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Halacho
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Hunucma
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Samahil
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Cuzama
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 70
Dzan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Sacalum
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Seye
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Sinanche
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Tekit
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Temax
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Baca
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Chapab
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Chemax
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Dzidzantun
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Mama
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Mayapan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Mococha
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Progreso
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Telchac Puerto
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Temozon
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Ticul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Tinum
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Tixkokob
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Tunkas
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Yobain
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Maxcanu
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Akil
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Chicxulub Pueblo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Chumayel
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Dzoncauich
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Kaua
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Mani
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Quintana Roo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Santa Elena
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Sotuta
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Teabo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Timucuy
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Uayma
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Calotmul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Dzitas
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Oxkutzcab
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Ucu
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Valladolid
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Yaxcaba
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Acanceh
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Buctzotz
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Cenotillo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Chacsinkin
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Chankom
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Dzilam Gonzalez
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Espita
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Tixmehuac
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Tizimin
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Uman
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Celestun
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Chichimila
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Cuncunul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Tekom
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Tzucacab
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Yaxkukul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Cantamayec
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 64
Sucila
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 64
Chikindzonot
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Peto
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Tekax
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Tixcacalcupul
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 63
Tahdziu
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Conkal
pushes back: Land tenure security
Marginally suitable 61
Panaba
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Tixpehual
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Merida
pushes back: Land tenure security
Marginally suitable 59
San Felipe
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Kanasin
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 49
Yucatan
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 33

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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