"In the mid-1990s, the state government of Maharashtra introduced an innovative strategy of slum redevelopment in ... Mumbai ... [The book examines] one particular redevelopment project over ... twelve years: the Markandeya Cooperative Housing Society (MCHS). It analyzes the problems faced and the solutions innovated; identifies non-traditional issues often overlooked in housing improvement strategies; reveals the complexities involved in housing production for low-income groups; and combines in-depth empirical research with historical, institutional, spatial and financial perspectives ..." (Quoted from site)