Dr. Gustavo Manuel Cruz Bello is a Professor-Researcher at the Department of Social Sciences. He studied biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and earned a master's degree in ecology at the Ecology Center of the same university. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, USA, with a major in Renewable Natural Resources Studies and a second major in geography. Member of the National System of Researchers Level I and Recognition of Full-Time Professors with Desirable Profile. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, UNAM, Universidad La Salle, UAM, and Centro de Investigación en Geografía y Geomática. He served as Director of Regional Integration at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and as Executive Secretary of the Cooperative Program in Agricultural Research and Technology for North America (PROCINORTE) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. He is the author of several scientific articles and book chapters on topics related to spatial analysis of social-ecological systems, environmental planning and vulnerability to climate change.