With this resource, we wish to:

A. Encourage research lines which:

• 1. Place the improvement of the standard of living of the population as the main objective of the Social Sciences
• 2. See economic growth as one of the instruments at the disposal of the society to reach that very objective, unequally effectiveness in time and
• 3. Take the biological and material conditions of life and the economic, institutional, scientific and environmental circumstances which have determined its evolution, more especially as a reference.

B. Promote the devising of new indicators

About the evolution of the standard of living of the population (Data Base), and new instruments to assess its improvement or deterioration, in time and in space, using such methodologies as Land-time Budget Analysis, Multi-scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism and Multicriteria Analysis (Evaluation Instruments ).

C. Make it easier for researchers to access this information

Through (Data Base, Evaluation Instruments, Links) and promote its participation in the devolopment of this resource(Researchers).