Community suitability of Finnmark, Norway
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 46
69
best land · p90
66%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 84
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 73
Climate, growing & hazards 54
Autonomy & access 12
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityGrowing conditions
Within Finnmark — 19 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Soer-varanger
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (25)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 55
Vardoe
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (19)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Unjarga-nesseby
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (21)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Vadsoe
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (18)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Deatnu-tana
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (18)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Berlevaag
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 48
Baatsfjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Gamvik
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Karasjohka-Karasjok
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Nordkapp
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Kvalsund
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 44
Alta
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Lebesby
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Porsanger
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Hammerfest
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Maasoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Loppa
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 32
Hasvik
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 29
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.
Other regions in Norway
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