Community suitability of Nordland, Norway
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 49
74
best land · p90
61%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 84
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 69
Climate, growing & hazards 63
Autonomy & access 13
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityLand cover & degradation
Within Nordland — 45 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Soemna
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (23)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Grane
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (23)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 55
Vefsn
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (23)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 55
Alstahaug
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (20)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Doenna
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (21)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Heroey
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Vega
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 54
Bindal
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Broennoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Hattfjelldal
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Skjerstad
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Bodoe
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Leirfjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Nesna
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Hemnes
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 51
Luroey
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Rana
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 49
Saltdal
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 49
Evenes
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 48
Vevelstad
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 48
Beiarn
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Fauske
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Traena
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Gildeskaal
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Hamaroey
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Soerfold
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Steigen
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Roedoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 44
Tjeldsund
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Loedingen
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Sortland
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Hadsel
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 41
Narvik
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Oeksnes
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Ballangen
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Meloey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Vaagan
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Vestvaagoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Boe
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Tysfjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Andoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Flakstad
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 32
Vaeroey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 30
Moskenes
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 29
Roest
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 28
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
Compare nearby options, ranked by overall suitability.