Community suitability of Hordaland, Norway
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 68
73
best land · p90
45%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 84
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 55
Climate, growing & hazards 73
Autonomy & access 68
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityFood & forage diversitySoil quality
Within Hordaland — 34 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Austevoll
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (61)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 79
Radoey
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (57)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Sveio
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (66)
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 77
Tysnes
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (55)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 77
Fitjar
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (60)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Oeygarden
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Sund
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 76
Austrheim
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Boemlo
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 75
Stord
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 75
Meland
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Lindaas
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Oelen
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Fedje
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 70
Granvin
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Osteroey
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Os
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Askoey
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Fjell
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Fusa
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Voss
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Samnanger
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Etne
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Eidfjord
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 63
Jondal
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Kvam
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Kvinnherad
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Masfjorden
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Ulvik
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 61
Ullensvang
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 60
Odda
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 58
Bergen
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 57
excluded excl
excluded excl
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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