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Exploring energy transition in
the district of Kutch (Gujarat)
in India
Siddhartha Dabhi
Exeter Business School
Some
questions…
What will energy transition entail on-ground
considering its large spatial footprint?
How will this transition impact rural communities?
Will this be a ‘just’ transition?
Who will organize this transition and how?
“All ecological projects are simultaneously political-economic
projects and vice-versa”.
David Harvey
Field site…
Kutch, Gujarat
Kutch is India’s second largest district.
It situated at the border of India and
Pakistan.
Rich Indo-Pak cultural heritage melts
into the region of Kutch in form of
folklore, music, embroidery and food.
Semi-arid region prone to cyclical
droughts.
Kutch is known as a resort to many
migratory bird species and also home
to wide variety of birds, animals and
plants; some of which are endangered
or critically endangered.
Pastoralism, fishing and dry-land
agriculture main livelihoods.
Kutch district
My study…
(please see Dabhi and Böhm,
2015)
Two disconnected stories?
Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is
a critically endangered
species. Wind farms built
next to GIB sanctuaries.
“Nothing grows where the
oil spills, and standing crops
die instantly”. - Dalsukh
Hirabhai Venkat Jaidevpura
in Kadi taluka of Mehsana
district of Gujarat state in
India.
Literature Review
Green Capitalism
Green Growth
Climate Capitalism
Resource Based Theory for the Firm (Clean Technology)
Sustainability Reporting
State:Critique of the Governance
Literature
Postcolonial state
State-Capital
Relationship
SocioecologicalFix
Metabolic Rift
Accumulation
Social and
ecological
impacts
Green Capitalism
(Climate change crisis and capital's crisis and
transnational governance)
State
(Postcolonial state,
bureaucracy and
wastelands as new frontier
of accumulation
)
Metabolic Rift
(Socioecological impacts and transfer of energy)
Socioecological Fix
(Inner movement or centralization
of fix)
CORPORATIONS
Wind Power
Projects
STATE
Local, Regional,
State & National
Government
ENVIRONMENT
Ecological &
Infrastructural
PEOPLE
Institutions
& Households
Identification of gaps & planning
targeted Interviews
Real time data analysis
Research Tool
Design
ResearchDesign
State
Corporations
People
Ecology
Identifying target
respondents in the State
Identifying relevant
Data/Content
Sampling
Corporations
Designing Field Visit Plan
Scheduling Appointments
Conducting Mock
Interviews
Finalizing Tools & Field visits
Qualitative
In-depth
Targeted
Qualitative
Interactive
Discussion
based
Conducting Interviews
Identify Locations & respective respondent
profiles
Identify
domain experts for secondary data gaps
Research Tool
Design
Conducting Mock
Interviews
Designing
Field Visit Plan
Finalizing Tools & Field visits
Conducting Interviews
In-depth
Interviews
Ethnograp
hic
Observatio
nal & TAM
Targeted repeat
interviews for addressing
gaps
Affinity
Group
Discussion
Dyads &
Triads
Quantitati
ve
Interviews
-Data Valida
tion-
Analysis-
Interpretatio
n
Understanding the Transition
State
EcologySociety:
Businesses +
Communities
Metabolic
Interactions
Triangle
Socioecological
Metabolic Systems
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Thank you!
Looking forward to your questions, comments and feedbacks….