Community suitability of Yobe, Nigeria
Not suitable confidence B · live score 21
65
best land · p90
23%
good land
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one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 45
Governance, safety & tenure 36
Economy & cost 1
Society, freedom & health 7
Land & water 88
Climate, growing & hazards 33
Autonomy & access 64
Where it pushes back
Monetary & capital sovereigntyHealthcare qualityFood & forage diversity
Within Yobe — 17 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Damaturu
strongest Autonomy & access (94) ·
weakest Economy & cost (1)
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Currently not suitable 23
Gujba
strongest Land & water (92) ·
weakest Economy & cost (1)
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Currently not suitable 23
Gulani
strongest Land & water (93) ·
weakest Economy & cost (1)
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Currently not suitable 23
Nangere
strongest Land & water (92) ·
weakest Economy & cost (1)
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Currently not suitable 22
Potiskum
strongest Land & water (92) ·
weakest Economy & cost (1)
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Currently not suitable 22
Fika
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Currently not suitable 22
Fune
pushes back: Monetary & capital sovereignty
Not suitable 21
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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
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
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
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
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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