This article outlines different stages of indicator operationalization.
In this context, the emphasis is on methodological issues and on different stages of indicator operationalization.
This setting serves as an example to illustrate seven stages of indicator quantification.
Therefore, in the following section, a schematic of different stages of indicator operationalization is proposed using an example of drought resilience in the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) in eastern India.
We suggest that the stages of indicator selection, data sourcing, data processing, and other decisions should be made consciously and transparently, or should be scrutinized if transparency is not apparent.
We evaluated the effect of treatment, tree species composition, silvicultural system, stage and habitat type (silvicultural system + stage) on indicators of community conservation value and ecological structure.
To illuminate those different stages or degrees of indicator operationalization, access to credit is introduced as one dimension of drought resilience in rural areas of east India (Jülich 2013, 2015).
NA presence has been considered a biomarker for DNA damage (MN and NBUDs), cytokinesis defects (BN), cell death evidence (CC, KR, PN, y KL), different stages of necrosis indicators (PN, CC, KR, and KL), and identifying the response to cell damage (PN and CC).
As a second stage, a system of indicators and visual tools was developed to aid the process of understanding, communicating, and assessing the services of these ecosystems with local actors.
