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3Table of contentsThe Challenge 32Laying the foundation: the first edition of the WWDR 32Introduction to Indicators 33Indicator criteria 33Signing Progress:Indicators Mark the WayBy: UNECE (United NationsEconomic Commission for EuropeFigure 3.1: Translation of an information need into policy-orientedinformation using variables, indicators and indices 34Box 3.1: The Water Poverty Index as an illustration of the differencebetween variables, indicators and index 34Purpose and use of indicators 34Figure 3.2: Calculated available water resources, water demand, internalrenewable water resources and water supply 35Figure 3.3: Development of consumable fish as a percentage of theminimum biomass needed for a sustainable renewal of the fish population 36Figure 3.4: Annual freshwater demand in different regions of the worldfor the current situation and for two alternative projections for 2025 36Box 3.2: Use of species as indicators for ecosystem quality 36Indicators and Sustainable Development 37Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) 37Indicator development models 37Figure 3.5: Overview of the history and development of sustainabilityindicators 38Table 3.1: Draft Logical Framework of the Global Water PartnershipFramework for Action 39Box 3.3: Overview of major indicator development efforts 42WWDR Indicator Development 41Figure 3.6: Schematic representation of a guideline for indicator development 41Box 3.4: Indicators for flood risk and water quality in Greater Tokyo 43Step 1: Defining the information need 43Step 2: Developing a conceptual model 44Table 3.2: Example of the use of the DPSIR framework on the basis ofcomponents of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) 45Step 3: Formulating potential indicators 44Step 4: Evaluation of potential indicators on the basis of selection criteria 44Table 3.3: Criteria for the selection of indicators 45Table 3.4: List of indicators used in the first edition of the WWDR andindicators that will be developed in the future 47