Community suitability of Shiselweni, Swaziland
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 69
92
best land · p90
100%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 45
Governance, safety & tenure 41
Economy & cost 97
Society, freedom & health 58
Land & water 88
Climate, growing & hazards 88
Autonomy & access 80
Where it pushes back
Healthcare qualityGovernance & corruptionLand tenure security
Within Shiselweni — 14 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Kubuta
strongest Autonomy & access (98) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (41)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 70
Mtsambama
strongest Economy & cost (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (41)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 70
Maseyisini
strongest Economy & cost (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (41)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 69
Ngudzeni
strongest Economy & cost (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (41)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 69
Nkwene
strongest Economy & cost (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (41)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 69
Gege
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Hosea
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Lavumisa
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Matsanjeni
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Mbangweni
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Sandleni
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Shiselweni 1
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Sigwe
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
Zombodze
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 68
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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