Ibn Khaldun's Theory of Umran: How can Muslim Countries benefit from his thought in development

Why Buildings:
Buildings as a measure of development thoughts does not means only houses but rather refer to, construction, bridges, roads, streets, cities planning, dams, channels, communications and the whole civil infrastructure that shape the very urban society which refer to in Muqadimmah as town, cities, vast construction, and large buildings (Furthermore, towns and cities with their monuments, vast constructions, and large buildings, are set up for the masses and not for the few. Therefore, united effort and much co-operation are needed for them. They are not among the things that are necessary matters of general concern to human beings, in the sense that all human beings desire them or feel compelled to have them. As a matter of fact, (human beings) must be forced and driven to (build cities). The stick of royal authority is what compels them, or they may be stimulated by promise of reward and compensation. (Such reward) amounts to so large a sum that only royal authority and a dynasty can pay for it. Thus, dynasties and royal authority are absolutely necessary for the building of cities and the planning of towns), (Ibn Khaldun, 1969, p. 433).
Ibn Khaldun also refers to the quality of buildings as a determinant of continuity of civilization in the means that the higher quality and long lasting the buildings and constructions the longer lasting the civilization (Then, when the town has been built and is all finished, as the builder saw fit and as the climatic and geographical conditions required, the life of the dynasty is the life of the town. If the dynasty is of short duration, life in the town will stop at the end of the dynasty. Its civilization will recede, and the town will fall into ruins. On the other hand, if the dynasty is of long duration and lasts a long time, new constructions will always go up in the town, the number of large mansions will increase, and the walls of the town will extend farther and farther. Eventually, the layout of the town will cover a wide area, and the town will extend so far and so wide as to be (almost) beyond measurement. This happened in Baghdad and similar (cities), (Ibn Khaldun, 1969, p. 433).

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