1.3.1 Culture

Definition: The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, atrs, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought typical of a population or community at a given time.

Definition Source: Monitoring Social Indicators for Ecosystem Management

Culture Categories:

1.3.1.1 Beliefs: Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or body of tenets accepted by a group of persons. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.3.1.2 Myths: Narrative accounts of the sacred in society; the body of traditional stories in a originating in a preliterate society dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors or heroes that serve as premordial types in a primitive view of the world; the body of real or fictional stories, recurring themes, or character types that appeal to the conciousness of a people by embodying its cultural ideals or by giving expression to deep, commonly felt emotions. (Definition Source: Monitoring Social Indicators for Ecosystem Management)

1.3.1.3 Social Norms: The cumulative set of rules, guidelines, and laws that govern behavior between individuals. (Definition Source: Monitoring Social Indicators for Ecosystem Management)

1.3.1.4 Values: A principle, standard, or quality, regarded as worthwhile or desirable by many people. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.3.1.5 Vision, Goals, Priorities, and Expectations: A commonly shared view of the objectives or future outcome of current actions. (Definition Source: None)