Community suitability of Sana'a, Yemen
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 46
72
best land · p90
73%
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 64
Climate, growing & hazards 64
Autonomy & access 53
Where it pushes back
Governance & corruptionFood & forage diversityLand tenure security
Within Sana'a — 16 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Bilad Ar Rus
strongest Autonomy & access (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 52
Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah
strongest Autonomy & access (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 51
Bani Matar
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 51
Sa'fan
strongest Autonomy & access (86) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 50
Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah
strongest Autonomy & access (80) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Arhab
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Jihanah
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Manakhah
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Bani Hushaysh
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 48
Hamdan
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 48
Al Husn
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 47
Sanhan
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 47
Attyal
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 46
Khwlan
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Nihm
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Currently not suitable 41
Bani Dhabyan
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
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.
Other regions in Yemen
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