Correlating Al-Madinah constitution and the development of Islamic cities with the aspirations of sustainability

This dissertation examines how early Islamic cities urban planning, resulting from following the Islamic way of life through the foundation of Al-Madinah Constitution, have during times of sincere commitment of Muslims to Islam, naturally yielded aspired benevolent aspects of sustainability as a natural by-product of that commitment. It interprets the re-emergence, of aspirations for positive reform in a global to local sense, to be due to the ‘fitrah’, or natural creation of mankind.