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David Manuel-Navarrete

David Manuel-Navarrete

Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures

davidmn@asu.edu

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287-5502

Titles

  • Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
  • Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

Biography

David Manuel-Navarrete applies an existential perspective to study deliberate transformations in social-ecological and technological systems, such as cities or coastal communities, including the subjective dimension of such transformations. His research aims at enhancing societies’ capacity to purposely deliver structural changes that simultaneously reduce inequality and sustain the planet's web of life. As a sustainability scholar, he focuses on promoting climate change adaptation, and tourism sustainability. His most recent research explores adaptation, resilience and transformation of water infrastructures in Mexico City, and the promotion of indigenous languages to advance sustainability in the Amazon.

Professor Manuel-Navarrete worked as a consultant for the United Nations, and as a researcher at King’s College London and the Free University of Berlin. He has conducted sustainability research and assessments in Argentina, Brazil, Central America, and Mexico. He teaches international development and sustainability and sustainability science.

Education

  • PhD, Geography, University of Waterloo, 2004
  • MS, Ecological Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2000
  • BA, Environnmental Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1998

Expertise

External Links

Journal Articles

2021

Manuel-Navarrete, D., C. N. Buzinde and T. Swanson. 2021. Fostering horizontal knowledge co-production with Indigenous people by leveraging researchers' transdisciplinary intentions. Ecology and Society 26(2):22. DOI: 10.5751/ES-12265-260222. (link )

2020

Buzinde, C. N., D. Manuel-Navarrete and T. Swanson. 2020. Co-producing sustainable solutions in indigenous communities through scientific tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 28(9):1255-1271. DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1732993. (link )

2019

Eakin, H., R. Shelton, J. M. Siqueiros-Garcia, L. Charli-Joseph and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2019. Loss and social-ecological transformation: pathways of change in Xochimilco, Mexico. Ecology and Society 24(3):Art. 15. DOI: 10.5751/ES-11030-240315. (link )

Eisenack, K., S. Villamayor-Tomas, G. Epstein, C. Kimmich, N. Magliocca, D. Manuel-Navarrete, C. Oberlack, M. Roggero and D. Sietz. 2019. Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis. Ecology and Society 24(3):Art. 6. DOI: 10.5751/ES-10855-240306. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D., C. T. Morehart, B. M. Tellman, H. Eakin, J. M. Siqueiros-Garcia and B. Hernandez Aguilar. 2019. Intentional disruption of path-dependencies in the Anthropocene: Gray versus green water infrastructure regimes in Mexico City, Mexico. Anthropocene 26(Jun):10029. DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100209. (link )

Oberlack, C., D. Sietz, E. Burgi Bonanomi, A. de Bremond, J. Dell'Angelo, K. Eisenack, E. C. Ellis, G. Epstein, M. Giger, A. Heinimann, C. Kimmich, M. T. Kok, D. Manuel-Navarrete, P. Messerli, P. Meyfroidt, T. Vaclavik and S. Villamayor-Tomas. 2019. Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making. Ecology and Society 24(2):Art. 26. DOI: 10.5751/ES-10747-240226. (link )

2018

Charli-Joseph, L., L. Charli-Joseph, J. M. Siqueiros-Garcia, J. M. Siqueiros-Garcia, H. Eakin, H. Eakin, D. Manuel-Navarrete, D. Manuel-Navarrete, R. Shelton and R. Shelton. 2018. Promoting agency for social-ecological transformation: a transformation-lab in the Xochimilco social-ecological system. Ecology and Society 2(Art. 46):. DOI: 10.5751/ES-10214-230246. (link )

Marshall, N., M. L. Barnes, A. Birtles, K. Brown, J. E. Cinner, M. Curnock, H. Eakin, J. Goldberg, M. Gooch, J. N. Kittinger, P. Marshall, D. Manuel-Navarrete, M. Pelling, P. L. Pert, B. Smit and R. Tobin. 2018. Measuring what matters in the Great Barrier Reef. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(5):271-277. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1808. (link )

Tellman, B., J. C. Bausch, H. Eakin, J. M. Anderies, M. Mazari-Hiriart, D. Manuel-Navarrete and C. L. Redman. 2018. Adaptive pathways and coupled infrastructure: Seven centuries of adaptation to water risk and the production of vulnerability in Mexico City. Ecology and Society 23(1):Art. 1. DOI: 10.5751/ES-09712-230101. (link )

2017

Eakin, H., L. A. Bojórquez-Tapia, M. A. Janssen, M. Georgescu, D. Manuel-Navarrete, E. R. Vivoni, A. E. Escalante, A. Baeza-Castro, M. Mazari-Hiriart and A. M. Lerner. 2017. Opinion: Urban resilience efforts must consider social and political forces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114(2):186-189. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620081114. (link )

2016

Eakin, H., A. M. Lerner, D. Manuel-Navarrete, B. Hernandez Aguilar, A. Martinez-Canedo, B. Tellman, L. Charli-Joseph, R. Fernandez Alvarez and L. A. Bojorquez-Tapia. 2016. Adapting to risk and perpetuating poverty: Household’s strategies for managing flood risk and water scarcity in Mexico City. Environmental Science & Policy 66(Dec):324-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.006. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2016. Boundary-work and sustainability in tourism enclaves. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 24(4):507-526. DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1081599. (link )

2015

Kalavar, J. M., C. N. Buzinde, D. Manuel-Navarrete and N. Kohli. 2015. Gerotranscendence and life satisfaction: Examining age differences at the Maha Kumbha Mela. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging 27(1):2-15. DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2014.924086. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2015. Double coupling: Modeling subjectivity and asymmetric organization in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 20(3):Art. 26. DOI: 10.5751/ES-07720-200326. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. Pelling. 2015. Subjectivity and the politics of transformation in response to development and environmental change. Global Environmental Change 35(November):558-569. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.08.012. (link )

2014

Buzinde, C. N., J. M. Kalavar, N. Kohli and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2014. Emic understandings of Kumbh Mela pilgrimage experiences. Annals of Tourism Research 40(November):1-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.001. (link )

Xue, L., D. Manuel-Navarrete and C. N. Buzinde. 2014. Theorizing the concept of alienation in tourism studies. Annals of Tourism Research 44(January):186-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.10.001. (link )

2013

Buzinde, C. N. and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2013. The social production of space in tourism enclaves: Mayan children's perceptions of tourism boundaries. Annals of Tourism Research 43(October):482-505. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.06.003. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2013. Book Review: Climate Change and Society. Social & Cultural Geography 14(2):239-241. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.758896. (link )

O'Brien, K., J. Reams, A. Caspan, A. Dugmore, M. Faghihimani, I. Fazey, H. Hackmann, D. Manuel-Navarrete, J. Marks, R. Miller, K. Raivio, P. Romero-Lankao, H. Virji, C. Vogel and V. Winiwarter. 2013. You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change. Environmental Science & Policy 28(April):48-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.011. (link )

2012

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and G. Gallopin. 2012. Feeding the world sustainability: Knowledge governance and sustainable agriculture in the Argentine pampas. Environment, Development and Sustainability 14:321-333. DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9326-4.

2011

Manuel-Navarrete, D., M. Pelling and M. Redclift. 2011. Critical adaptation to hurricanes in the Mexican Carribean: Development visions, governance structures, and coping strategies. Global Environmental Change 21:249-258.

Pelling, M. and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2011. From resilience to transformation: The adaptive cycle in two Mexican urban centers. Ecology and Society 16(2):Art. 11. (link )

2010

Buzinde, C. N., D. Manuel-Navarrete, D. Kerstetter and M. Redclift. 2010. Representations and adaptation to climate change. Annals of Tourism Research 37(3):581-603. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2009.10.018. (link )

Buzinde, C. N., D. Manuel-Navarrete, E. E. Yoo and D. Morais. 2010. Tourists' perceptions in a climate of change: Eroding destinations. Annals of Tourism Research 37(2):333-354. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2009.09.006. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2010. Power, realism, and the humanist ideal of emancipation in a climate of change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 1(6):781-785.

2009

Manuel-Navarrete, D., G. Gallopin, M. Blanco, M. Diaz-Zorita, D. Ferraro, H. Herzer, P. Laterra, M. R. Murmis, G. Podesta, J. Rabinovich, E. H. Satorre, F. Torres and E. Viglizzo. 2009. Multi-causal and integrated assessment of sustainability: Agriculturalization in the Argentine pampas. Environment, Development and Sustainability 11:621-638.

2007

Manuel-Navarrete, D., J. J. Gomez and G. Gallopin. 2007. Syndromes of sustainability of development for assessing coupled human-environmental systems vulnerability. Hydrometeorological extreme events in Central America and the Caribbean. Global Environmental Change 17(2):207-217.

2006

Manuel-Navarrete, D., S. Slocombe and B. Mitchell. 2006. Science for place-based socio-ecological management: Lessons from the Maya Forest (Chiapas and Peten). Ecology and Society 11(1):Art. 8. (link )

2005

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2005. Challenges and opportunities of metadisciplinary placebased research: The case of the Maya Forest. Environments: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 33(1):81-96.

2004

Manuel-Navarrete, D., J. J. Kay and D. Dolderman. 2004. Ecological integrity: Linking biology with cultural transformation. Human Ecology Review 11(3):215-229.

Books

2012

Pelling, M., D. Manuel-Navarrete and M. Redclift eds. 2012. Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Chance to Reclaim Self, Society and Nature. Routledge. London.

2011

Redclift, M., D. Manuel-Navarrete and M. Pelling. 2011. Climate Change and Human Security: The Challenge of Local Governance under Rapid Urbanization. Edward Elgar. Cheltenham.

2007

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and G. Gallopin. 2007. Policy Integration, Sustainability and Agriculturalization in the Argentine Pampas and Extra-Pampean Regions. ECLAC. Santiago de Chile (Spanish).

2005

Manuel-Navarrete, D., G. Gallopin, M. Blanco, M. Diaz-Zorita, D. Ferraro, H. Herzer, P. Laterra, J. Morello, M. R. Murmis, W. Pengue, M. Pineiro, G. Podesta, E. H. Satorre, M. Torrent, F. Torres, E. Viglizzo, M. G. Caputo and A. Celis. 2005. Systems Analysis of Agriculturalization in the Argentine Pampas: Sustainability, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Integration. ECLAC. Santiago de Chile (Spanish).

Book Chapters

2016

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2016. Tourism and sustainability. Pp. 283-291 In: Heinrichs, H., P. Martens, G. Michelsen and A. Wiek eds., Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_23. ISBN: 978-94-017-7242-6. (link )

Redclift, M. and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2016. "Sustainable places": Place as a vector of culture. Two cases from Mexico. Pp. 17-28 In: Dessein, J., E. Battaglini and L. Horlings eds., Cultural Sustainability and Regional Development: Theories and Practices of Territorialization. Routledge. ISBN: 9781138830080.

2015

Mahanti, A. and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2015. From sustainable development to governance for sustainability. Pp. Chapter 28 In: Redclift, M. and D. Springett eds., Routledge International Handbook of Sustainable Development. Routledge, Taylor & Frances Group. ISBN: 978-0-415-83842-9.

2014

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. Redclift. 2014. Espacios de consumismo y consumo del espacio: la comercializacion turistica de la Riviera Maya. Pp. 291-308 In: Gobel, B., M. Gongora-Mera and A. Ulloa eds., Desigualdades socioambientales en America Latina. Universidad Nacional de Columbia, sede Bogota, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas. ISBN: 978-958-775-221-2.

2013

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2013. Human environmental integration and social power in global environmental change research. Pp. Chapter 27 In: Sygna, L., K. O'Brien and J. Wolf eds., A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy, and Action. Routledge. London. ISBN: 978-1-84971-301-6.

2012

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2012. The ideology of growth, tourism and alienation in Akumal, Mexico. Pp. 143-156 In: Pelling, M., D. Manuel-Navarrete and M. Redclift eds., Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Change to Reclaim Self, Society and Nature. Routledge. London.

Manuel-Navarrete, D., M. Pelling and M. Redclift. 2012. Conclusions: Alienation, reclamation and a radical vision. Pp. 189-198 In: Pelling, M., D. Manuel-Navarrete and M. Redclift eds., Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Change to Reclaim Self, Society and Nature. Routledge. London.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. Redclift. 2012. Spaces of consumerism and the consumption of space: Tourism and social exclusion in the "Mayan Riviera". Pp. 177-194 In: Petierra, A. and J. S. Sinclair eds., Consumer Culture in Latin America. Palgrave MacMillan. New York. ISBN: 978-0230340732.

Pelling, M., D. Manuel-Navarrete and M. Redclift. 2012. Climate change and the crisis of capiltalism. Pp. 1-18 In: Pelling, M., D. Manuel-Navarrete and M. Redclift eds., Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Chance to Reclaim Self, Society and Nature. Routledge. London.

2010

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and C. N. Buzinde. 2010. Socio-ecological agency: From "human exceptionalism" to coping with "exceptional" global environmental change. Pp. 136-149 In: Redclift, M. and G. Woodgate eds., The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology. Edward Elgar. Cheltenham.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. Redclift. 2010. The role of place in the margins of space. Pp. 738-770 In: Redclift, M. and G. Woodgate eds., The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology. Edward Elgar. Cheltenham.

2008

Manuel-Navarrete, D., D. Dolderman and J. J. Kay. 2008. An ecosystem approach for sustaining ecological integrity – but which ecological integrity?. Pp. 335-345 In: Waltner-Toews, D., J. J. Kay and N. M. Lister eds., The Ecosystems Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability. Columbia University Press. New York.

2007

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2007. Reflexivity. Pp. 799-800 In: Bevir, M. ed., Encyclopedia of Governance. SAGE Publications. London.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2007. Stakeholders. Pp. 917-921 In: Bevir, M. ed., Encyclopedia of Governance. SAGE Publications. London.

Manuel-Navarrete, D., D. Dolderman and J. J. Kay. 2007. Evolution of the ecological integrity debate. Pp. 127-138 In: Soskolne, C. L., L. Westra, L. J. Kotze, B. Mackey, W. E. Rees and R. Westra eds., Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health through Global Governance. Lexington Books. Maryland.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and J. Samaniego. 2007. Global warming. Pp. 356-357 In: Bevir, M. ed., Encyclopedia of Governance. SAGE Publications. London.

Posters

2006

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2006. Addressing global change through the application of syndromes of sustainable development: The case of the Argentine pampas. Poster presented a the 9-12 November 2006 Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) Open Meeting on Global Environmental Change, Beijing, China.

Presentations

2015

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2015. Boundary and sustainability in tourism enclaves. Presentation at the Critical Tourism Studies 2015, 26-30 June 2015, Opatija, Croatia. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. Pelling. 2015. Subjectivity and politics of transformation in climate change adaptation. Presentation at the European Society for Ecological Economics 2015: Transformations, 30 June-3 July 2015, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. (link )

2014

Anderies, J. M., H. Eakin, M. A. Janssen, C. Redman, A. Barnett, J. Baggio, S. B. BurnSilver, D. Manuel-Navarrete, M. Schoon and S. van der Leeuw. 2014. Resilience thinking in an urbanizing world. Presentation at the Resilience 2014 Resilience and Development: Mobilizing for Transformation, 4-8 May 2014, Le Corum, Montpellier, France. (link )

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2014. METRICS Workshop on measuring and assessing institutional adaptive capacity and water security. Presentation at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Workshop, 2-3 October 2014, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2014. Systems thinking. Presentation at the School of Community Resources and Development and the CRD Graduate Student Club, 14 November 2014, Arizona State University.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. L. Schoon. 2014. Boundaries in social-eecological systems. Presentation at the Resilience 2014 Resilience and Development: Mobilizing for Transformation, 3-8 May 2014, Le Corum, Montpellier, France. (link )

Thompson, J., D. Manuel-Navarrete, M. Gopel and M. Remig. 2014. Special Dialogue Session: Towards a sustainable and socially just transformation: Reflects on Karl Polanyi and the emergence of new forms fo governance and social relations in uncertain times. Presentation at the Resilience 2014 Resilience and Development: Mobilizing for Transformation, 4-8 May 2014, Le Corum, Montpellier, France. (link )

2013

Buzinde, C. N., J. M. Kalavar, D. Manuel-Navarrete and N. Kohli. 2013. Integenerational perception of spirituality and sustainability: Pilgrimage tourism on the Ganges. Presentation at the Institute of Humanities Research in collaboration with the School of Community Resourcesa and Development, 18 October 2013, Arizona State University, Phoenix.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2013. Human-environmental integration and social power in GEC. Presentation at the Transformation in a Changing Climate, 20 June 2013, Oslo, Norway.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2013. The long walk from disaster risk assessment to climate adaptation and transformation. Presentation at the CATALYST - Local Winter Academy Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, 6 December 2013, Guanajuato, Mexico.

2012

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2012. Entanglements of power and tourism inequalities in the Mexican Caribbean. Presentation at the 54 Internatioanl Congress of Americanists, 20 July 2012, Vienna, Austria.

2011

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2011. Inequalities and tourist spaces in the Mexican Caribbean. Presentation at the Michael Redclift's Festchrift, 21 September 2011, Department of Geography, King's College London, UK.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2011. Syndromes of sustainability and power. Presentation at the 30 May 2011 IGBP/LOICZ Resilience and Transformation: Megacities and the Coast Workshop, King's College, London, UK.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2011. Uneven tourism growth and self-alienation in Akumal, Mexico. Presentation at the 3 July 2011 IV International Critical Tourism Studies Conference, Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, Cardiff, UK.

2009

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2009. Governance as process: Power spheres and climate change response in the Mexican caribbean. Presentation at the 2-4 December 2009 IHDP Conference on Earth System Govenance: People, Places, and the Planet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2006

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2006. Sustainable development indicators (SDI): Regional experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean. Presentation at the 28 August 2006 International Workshop in Sustainable Development Indicators, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2005

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2005. Knowledge systems and sustainable agriculture in the Argentine pampas. Presentation at the 12 October 2005 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, University of Bonn, Germany.

2003

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2003. People and their involvement in the ecological integrity dialogue. Presentation at the 28 June 2003 International Conference on Global Ecological Integrity, Human Rights and Human Responsibilities, University of Urbino, Italy.

2002

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2002. Different ways of framing the discussion of ecological integrity. Presentation at the 26 September 2003 3rd Biennial International Workshop on Advances in Energy Studies, Porto Venere, Italy.

Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2002. Managing for ecological integrity. Presentation at the 30 May 2002 Enviornmental Studies Association of Canada Conference on Ecological Theory, Politics, and Action, University of Toronto, Canada.

Reports

2007

Manuel-Navarrete, D. and S. Anta. 2007. Conservacao da Natureza e Biodiversidade (Analise Ambiental e de Sustentabilidade do Estado do Amazonas. ECLAC.

Blog Posts

2020

Graff, S. R., N. Berman, R. Aggarwal, C. M. Edwards, C. Morehart, S. Hamdoun, D. Manuel-Navarrete, O. Iheduru, H. Eakin, M. Parmentier, G. M. Grossman and N. Chhetri. 2020. If "the economy" is collapsing, how do people survive? [Blog Post]. Retrieved from link