Community suitability of Zacatecas, Mexico

Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 65
88
best land · p90
99%
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 79
Climate, growing & hazards 82
Autonomy & access 48

Where it pushes back

Land tenure securityGovernance & corruptionAccessibility

Within Zacatecas — 56 sub-regions

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

Calera
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Cuauhtemoc
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Ojocaliente
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Gral. Enrique Estrada
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Gral. Panfilo Natera
strongest Society, freedom & health (100) · weakest Governance, safety & tenure (39)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Jerez
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Luis Moya
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Mezquital Del Oro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Trinidad Garcia Cadena
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Fresnillo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Genaro Codina
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Guadalupe
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Moyahua De Estrada
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Nochistlan De Mejia
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Panuco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Villa Garcia
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Apulco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Huanusco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Juchipila
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Tabasco
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Tepetongo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Villa Gonzalez Ortega
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Villanueva
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Zacatecas
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 70
Apozol
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Canitas Felipe Pescador
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
El Chique
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Jalpa
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Loreto
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Noria De Angeles
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Pinos
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Susticacan
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Teul De Gonzalez Ortega
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 69
Rio Grande
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Villa Hidalgo
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 68
Morelos
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Sain Alto
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Tlaltenango De Sanchez R.
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 67
Benito Juarez
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Gral. Joaquin Amaro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Momax
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Sombrerete
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Vetagrande
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Villa De Cos
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 66
Juan Aldama
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 65
Atolinga
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Chalchihuites
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Miguel Auza
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 64
Concepcion Del Oro
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 63
Monte Escobedo
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Valparaiso
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
General Francisco R. Murg
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 61
Jimenez Del Teul
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
El Salvador
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Mazapil
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 55
Melchor Ocampo
pushes back: Accessibility
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
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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