Community suitability of Hadramaut, Yemen
Currently not suitable confidence B · live score 25
65
best land · p90
96%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 30
Governance, safety & tenure 21
Economy & cost 69
Society, freedom & health 67
Land & water 55
Climate, growing & hazards 61
Autonomy & access 1
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityGovernance & corruptionLand tenure security
Within Hadramaut — 30 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Al Mukalla
strongest Economy & cost (69) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Ghayl Ba Wazir
strongest Economy & cost (69) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Sayun
strongest Economy & cost (69) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 44
Al Mukalla City
strongest Economy & cost (69) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 43
Sah
strongest Economy & cost (69) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 43
Shibam
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 43
Wadi Al Ayn
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 43
Ad Dis
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 42
Tarim
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 41
Huraidhah
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 40
Brom Mayfa
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 39
Al Qatn
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 39
Amd
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 39
Ash Shihr
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 39
Daw'an
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 39
Ghayl Bin Yamin
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 38
Adh Dhlia'ah
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 37
Ar Raydah Wa Qusayar
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Rakhyah
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 37
Hajr
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 32
Al Abr
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Currently not suitable 31
Hidaybu
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 27
Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 27
Hagr As Sai'ar
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 26
Al Qaf
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
Rumah
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
Thamud
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
Yabuth
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
Zamakh wa Manwakh
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
As Sawm
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 24
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
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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