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Reducing waste and ecological impacts through a sustainable and efficient management of perishable food based on the Monte Carlo simulation

2019

Abstract In today’s competitive global market it is mandatory to improve warehousing operations integrating economic, environmental and social aspects. The recent advancement in monitoring technologies can greatly improve the performance of the food supply chain reducing product loss. In particular, in the perishable food supply chain, initially inventory operations are critical because they manage the material flows in very variable conditions. The deterioration level of the products as well as the market demand are the main factors that can influence warehouse strategy. This research aims to consider the application of sustainability principles in the context of warehouse storage, evaluat…

0106 biological sciencesTraceabilityComputer scienceSupply chainGeneral Decision SciencesContext (language use)010501 environmental sciences010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesWarehouse managementSupply and demandSettore ING-IND/17 - Impianti Industriali MeccaniciMonte Carlo simulationEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEcologyEcological impacts Food waste reduction Monte Carlo simulation Shelf life model Sustainability Warehouse managementEnvironmental economicsEcological impactWarehouseProduct (business)SustainabilitySustainabilityShelf life modelCarbon footprintEcological impacts; Food waste reduction; Monte Carlo simulation; Shelf life model; Sustainability; Warehouse managementFood waste reductionEcological Indicators
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When Climate Turns Nasty, What Are Recent and Future Implications? Ecological and Human Health Review of Climate Change Impacts

2020

Purpose of Review: The impacts of climate change on biodiversity in the last three decades have increasingly assumed from significant to threatening proportions and this causes major global concerns. This study aims at examining the recent and future impacts of global climate change on both ecological resources and human well-being. This review study is based on the general concept of ecological resilience: that coping with climate change stresses and disturbances depends on social resilience, political and environmental strategies accessible in a community. The study assessed over 300 peer-reviewed publications, both articles and books, which linked climate change impacts on ecosystems to …

Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangePhenologyEcologyGlobal warmingBiodiversityClimate changeSocial well-beingEcological resilienceGeographyEcological impactsEffects of global warmingClimate changeEcosystemHuman health implicationsGlobal environmental analysis
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Ecological and social impacts of photovoltaic solar power plants and optimization of their locations in northern Chile

2017

Large scale photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants are gaining popularity in Chile. Solar energy potential in northern Chile is one of the best worldwide and true deserts are considered ideal environments for solar power plant projects. Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on earth. Nevertheless, northern Chile is home for many endemic species with 40 different vegetation types. The thesis presents studies of ecological effects (I-II) and location optimization of PV solar power plants in northern Chile (III). For ecological impacts two types of PV solar power plant technologies were studied: fixed mount solar plant and solar- tracking mounts. Study units were placed below the mounts or …

pienilmastosijaintikestävä kehitysphotovoltaic solar power plantekologisuuskasvillisuuseliöyhteisötarthropodsaurinkoenergiasite selectionaavikotoptimointiympäristövaikutuksetenvironmental-social effectecological impactsniveljalkaisetsustainable energyaurinkovoimalatChilesosiaaliset vaikutuksetAtacama Desert
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