Community suitability of Troms, Norway
Currently not suitable confidence B · live score 39
72
best land · p90
55%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 84
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 71
Climate, growing & hazards 55
Autonomy & access 5
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityGrowing conditions
Within Troms — 25 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Harstad
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (7)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 47
Skaanland
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (7)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 46
Balsfjord
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (9)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 45
Gratangen
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (8)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 44
Soerreisa
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (8)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 44
Lavangen
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Salangen
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Dyroey
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Ibestad
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Lenvik
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Tromsoe
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Bjarkoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 41
Storfjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 41
Kvaefjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Skjervoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Tranoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Maalselv
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Berg
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Gaivuotna-Kaafjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Lyngen
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Nordreisa
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Karlsoey
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Torsken
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Bardu
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 29
Kvaenangen
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.
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