Community suitability of Aust-agder, Norway
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 75
84
best land · p90
86%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 84
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 73
Climate, growing & hazards 79
Autonomy & access 77
Where it pushes back
Soil qualityFood & forage diversityLand cover & degradation
Within Aust-agder — 15 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Risoer
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (75)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 83
Tvedestrand
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (76)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Highly suitable 82
Highly suitable 81
Evje Og Hornnes
strongest Autonomy & access (98) ·
weakest Land & water (72)
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Gjerstad
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Birkenes
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Vegaarshei
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Grimstad
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 79
Iveland
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 78
Aamli
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 77
Lillesand
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Bygland
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 71
Valle
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 67
Bykle
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 61
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
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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