Community suitability of Balochistan, Pakistan
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 41
68
best land · p90
70%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 42
Governance, safety & tenure 36
Economy & cost 47
Society, freedom & health 66
Land & water 58
Climate, growing & hazards 45
Autonomy & access 20
Where it pushes back
Food & forage diversityAccessibilityGovernance & corruption
Within Balochistan — 26 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Ziarat District
strongest Autonomy & access (70) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (36)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 54
Mastung District
strongest Autonomy & access (71) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (36)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 52
Pishin District
strongest Autonomy & access (76) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (36)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 52
Loralai District
strongest Society, freedom & health (66) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (36)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 49
Quetta District
strongest Society, freedom & health (66) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (36)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 49
Barkhan District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 48
Lasbela District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 47
Gwadar District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 47
Musakhel District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 46
Nasirabad District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Sibi District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Bolan District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Jhal Magsi District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Killa Saifullah District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Kalat District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 44
Killa Abdullah District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 44
Zhob District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 43
Kech District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 43
Panjgur District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 42
Dera Bugti District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 40
Khuzdar District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 40
Kohlu District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 40
Awaran District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 37
Kharan District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 37
Chagai District
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 33
excluded excl
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
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
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
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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