Electricity theft as a relational issue: A comparative look at Zanzibar, Tanzania, and the Sunderban Islands, India

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Winther, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Customer supplier relationship; Decentralised versus centralised systems; Electricity theft; Trust

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALES; SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CENTRALISED; CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; ELECTRICITY THEFT; TRUST;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MORALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBAN ISLANDS; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

EID: 84858336646     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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