Community suitability of Taizz, Yemen
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 45
69
best land · p90
40%
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 68
Climate, growing & hazards 50
Autonomy & access 70
Where it pushes back
Food & forage diversityGovernance & corruptionLand tenure security
Within Taizz — 23 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Jabal Habashy
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 50
Al Ma'afer
strongest Autonomy & access (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Al Mawasit
strongest Autonomy & access (78) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
As Silw
strongest Autonomy & access (83) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Dimnat Khadir
strongest Autonomy & access (88) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (21)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Hayfan
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Mawiyah
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Shara'b As Salam
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 49
Ash Shamayatayn
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 48
Sama
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 48
Shara'b Ar Rawnah
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 48
At Ta'iziyah
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 46
Maqbanah
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 46
Al Misrakh
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 45
Sabir Al Mawadim
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Marginally suitable 44
Al Wazi'iyah
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 44
Mashra'a Wa Hadnan
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 33
Al Mudhaffar
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
Salh
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 25
Al Qahirah
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 24
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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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