This book enables readers to develop a multidisciplinary understanding of natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems. The authors explore the structure, function, and dynamic mechanisms of various systems, both natural and human-made, as well as analyze their reciprocal interactions under the concept of coupled human-natural systems. The chapters challenge traditional planning and management assumptions and strategies for natural resources, human-altered systems, and the environment.

Acknowledging the critical role of effective regulations, policies, and governance structures, the authors analyze advanced research and practices on policy design for managing natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems. They conduct impact evaluation and integrative ecosystems assessment, as well as discuss policy interventions and decision-making strategies. They acknowledge the localization of policy design, considering regional and global dynamics that shape responses of local human-made and coupled human-natural systems. A special collection of chapters analyzes legal foundations for sustainable development and strong institution. The authors explore models from both natural and social sciences to obtain and present significant research results.

The book is a dispensable source of sustainability research and practice in human-made, natural, and coupled human-natural systems. It is for the scholars, practitioners, and advanced graduate students interested in systems theories, methodologies, and applications.

Bubbling Pressure in Clay Soils as a Physical Quantity and Approximation Parameter.- Geodetic Observations of Building Settlings on Weak Water-Saturated Clay Soils.- Paleogeography of the Black and Azov Seas and Their Coasts in Pleistocene and Holocene (Within the Krasnodar Region of Russia).- Methodology for Developing a Geoinformation Project for Rational Nature Management of the Land and Property Complex of Russian Northern Territories.- The Pyrological Situation in the Steppe Regions of North Eurasia and Adjacent Territories: FIRMS Data Analysis for the Multi-year Period.- The Ecological State of Vegetation in Urban Areas of Various Administrative Districts of Ulan-Ude: A Comprehensive Assessment.- Territorial Features of Manifesting Hazardous Hydrological Phenomena in the Altai Republic.- Synanthropization and Species Diversity of Floodplain Ecosystems of the Ob-Irtysh Basin.- Assessment of Surface Water Quality in the Markha River Basin on the Territory of the Nyurba Ulus(District) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).- A Fractal Character of the Multidimensional Ecological Niche: Formation in Real Habitats in South Trans Urals.