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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of production and processing in the food industry is an important tool for improving sustainability. Environmental assessment and management in the food industry reviews the advantages, challenges and different applications of LCA and related methods for environmental assessment, as well as key aspects of environmental management in this industry sector. Part one discusses the environmental impact of food production and processing, addressing issues such as nutrient management and water efficiency in agriculture. Chapters in Part two cover LCA methodology and challenges, with chapters focusing on different food industry sectors such as crop production, livestock and aquaculture. Part three addresses the applications of LCA and related approaches in the food industry, with chapters covering combining LCA with economic tools, ecodesign of food products and footprinting methods of assessment, among other topics. The final part of the book concentrates on environmental management in the food industry, including contributions on training, eco-labelling and establishing management systems. With its international team of editors and contributors, Environmental assessment and management in the food industry is an essential reference for anyone involved in environmental management in the food industry, and for those with an academic interest in sustainable food production. Reviews the advantages, challenges and different applications of LCA and related methods for environmental assessmentDiscusses the environmental impact of food production and processing, addressing issues such as nutrient management and water efficiency in agricultureExamines environmental management in the food industry, including contributions on training, eco-labelling and establishing management systems

AbstractThe study aimed to estimate direct and indirect costs of environmental degradation resulting from not fully reusing treated wastewater. To achieve our objectives, the study relied on probability distributions and economics equations. The study found that the percentage of treated wastewater reused ranged within 0.9%–47.3% at a 95% confidence level and, correspondingly, the amount of unused wastewater ranged within 52.7%–99.1% at a 95% confidence level. The total costs borne by the Saudi economy for treating wastewater were 658.67 million dollars in 2019. Direct costs of environmental degradation account for 75.5% of that total, whereas indirect costs account for the remaining 24.5% of the cost of environmental degradation of 658.67 million dollars in 2019. To reduce such costs, results of this study suggest the need to continue to assess and monitor the quality of treated wastewater and make full use of it for agricultural and industrial purposes.

Chapter 1. An overview of enterprises' green growth model and value chain reconstruction -- Chapter 2. The formation of enterprises' green growth model -- Chapter 3. The trend of enterprises' green growth model -- Chapter 4. The strategical matching of enterprises' green growth model -- Chapter 5. The reconstruction and innovation of value chain of enterprises' green growth model -- Chapter 6. The network design of enterprises' green growth model -- Chapter 7. The building of value chain and coordination of the membership -- Chapter 8. Green product design and innovation -- Chapter 9. Green product pricing -- Chapter 10. Green procurement and outsourcing -- Chapter 11. Manufacturing and remanufacturing -- Chapter 12. Inventory management -- Chapter 13. Green Logistics -- Chapter 14. Collection and resource recycling -- Chapter 15. Supply disruptions and reconstruction of value chain -- Chapter 16. The organization of reconstruction of value chain -- Chapter 17. Social responsibility management -- Chapter 18. Performance management.

Ohne Sonnenenergie kein irdisches Leben – Klimaänderungen I natürlichen Ursprungs -- Ein bisschen Thermodynamik -- Energieeinheiten: Kilowatt ist nicht Kilowattstunde! -- Verbrennungsprozesse und ihre Folgen -- "Umpflügen der Erde" der wachsenden Menschheit - Klimaänderung I -- Entdeckung fossiler Energieträger: Kohle, Öl, Erdgas -- Elektrizität: Ein ganz besonderer Energieträger -- Kernenergie: CO2-frei mit eigenen Problemen -- Größenordnungen des Energieverbrauchs in Deutschland -- CO2 und andere Treibhausgase – menschengemachte Klimaänderung II -- Denkbare Ursachen des seit 1850 beobachteten Klimawandels? -- Der EU-CO2-Emissionshandel seit 2005 -- Die Vorgeschichte der deutschen Energiewende: Von 1970 bis 2011 -- Erneuerbare Stromerzeugung: Fundament der Energiewende -- Volatile Stromerzeugung aus Wind und Sonne -- Die E-Mobilität: Batterie- oder Wasserstoff-E-Auto -- Umstellung der Wärmeversorgung auf erneuerbare Energien -- Notwendigkeit neuer Techniken, deren Größenordnungen und Zeitachse -- Ökonomische Größenordnungen – Ist "die Ökonomie" Schuld am Elend der Welt? -- Medien: Breite Fachinformation oder "Fake News" -- Resümee in drei Teilen: Was können wir wie sicher wissen? -- Schlussfolgerungen.

Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 First Steps in Perverting Sustainability. Keynes-A Good Omen? -- 1.1 A Founding Obsession on the Path to Sustainability -- 1.1.1 The First Step Towards Unsustainability! Menger: Money Does Not Measure Anything! -- 1.1.2 Mises Versus Keynes at the Crossroad of Money That Does Not Measure Anything -- 1.2 Sustainability of Anti-crisis Therapy: Keynes Versus Hayek -- 1.2.1 Keynes: A Revelation and an Unclogged Road for the Problem of Sustainable Business Cycle -- 1.2.2 Hayek: When the Sustainability of the Business Cycle Rests on Shaky Premises -- 1.2.2.1 Searching for Sustainability in the Hayekian Analytical Labyrinth -- 1.2.2.2 Are Our Expectations Too High? -- 1.2.2.3 Attempt of Improvement -- 1.3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 In Search of a Lost Lesson -- 2.1 Exploring the Outskirts of the Business Cycle Sustainability -- 2.1.1 "Heresies" of the New Austrians on the Topic of Business Cycle Sustainability -- 2.1.2 On the Sustainability of the "Monetarist" Cycle -- 2.1.3 Irving Fisher: Over-Indebtedness-Deflation-Monetary Injection. And if You Are Poor, Chances Are You Remain So! -- 2.2 Renowned Interpreters in Search of a Sustainability Deprived of Real Sources -- 2.2.1 Mason and Butos: Keynesianism Is Sustainable, Monetarism Not at All! -- 2.2.2 The "Minsky Moment": An Erudite Analysis Lacking Sustainable Message -- 2.3 Can We Find Sustainable Ideas at the 2008 Crisis Theorists? -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 How to Conceive the Brundtland Agenda in the Context of the Nominal Economy's Imperialism -- 3.1 How Would an Economic and Sustainable Up-to-Date Agenda Look like If Conceived According to the Bruntland Matrix? -- 3.2 Three Delicate Areas Where the Recourse to the Founders Would Lead the Way Towards Sustainability and Resilience.

Introduction to power market data and their characteristics -- Modeling load forecasting uncertainty using deep learning models -- Data-driven load data cleaning and its impacts on forecasting performance -- Generalized cost-oriented load forecasting in economic dispatch -- A monthly electricity consumption forecasting method -- Data-driven pattern extraction for analyzing market bidding behaviors -- Stochastic optimal offering based on probabilistic forecast on aggregated supply curves -- Power market simulation framework based on learning from individual offering strategy -- Deep inverse reinforcement learning for reward function identification in bidding models -- The subspace characteristics and congestion identification of LMP data -- Online transmission topology identification in LMP-based markets -- Day-ahead componential electricity price forecasting -- Quantifying the impact of price forecasting error on market bidding -- Virtual bidding and FTR speculation based on probabilistic LMP forecasting -- Abnormal detection of LMP scenario and data with deep neural networks.

This book argues that the theory of sustainable development lost some of its rigor because of two main reasons. The first manifests itself as an inflation of concepts that hampers the correct understanding of sustainability's essence. The second one consists of a departure from the traditional scientific sources of the classicists and, in part, neoclassicists. Exploiting relevant areas of their works, the authors outline the theoretical framework necessary to promote a healthy version of sustainability. Of utmost interest prove to be areas such as: the formation process of natural prices and natural rate of interest; placing growth before employment and placing production before distribution, consumption, and social justice. The main idea of the book consists of a call for breaking away from the impure forms of the theory of sustainable development and its reconstruction through the reconciliation with the laws of healthy growth as they are highlighted in the works of the founders. The authors make the case for an approach to sustainable development that is holistic, macroeconomic, and institutionalist, where social, ecological, and economic components are reconciled. This work presents a fresh perspective in the context of current works on sustainability, serving as an accessible research resource and public policy decision guide.

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Analysis of the current situation of research areas -- Chapter 3 Dynamic and optimal comprehensive evaluation model of haze control policy in Hebei province -- Chapter 4 Scenario analysis of comprehensive impact of haze control policy on economy, society and environment in Hebei province -- Chapter 5 Research conclusions and policy recommendations. .

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