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Some intensive development aimed to develop the city of Yogyakarta especially in the sector of infrastructure to maintain a good city for tourism has caused some drawbacks in the term of social, economic, and environmental segment. The development of Yogyakarta has also coercely converted the farming land into some settlements or housing areas and many other social-economic facilities. On the other hand, the huge amount of citizen, which is continously increasing in number, gives effect as the high pressure of government to utilize the spatial spaces as a result of the decreasing factor of open spaces. It is crystal clear to find out that the poor quality of environment is merely caused by the unpredictable growth of population which already exceeds the capacity of the available support system in one place. One specific goal of Urban Planning for the city of Yogyakarta in the year of 2010 – 2029 is the establishment of spaces which are secure, comfortable, productive, and sustainable for people to live in. It is then the reason of why the planning and development of Yogyakarta city is obliged to a sustainable development principles. The research aimed to analyze the sustainability of the development in the city of Yogyakarta as well based on some related dimensions such as social, economic, environmental, and institutional aspects. The data used covered both primary and secondary one gathered through some literature studies, field survey, interview, and forum group discussion with stake holders. The technique of analysis used multidimensional scaling, including the analysis of leverage, pareto and analysis of monte carlo. The result showed the development of Yogyakarta city was sustainable in the dimensions of social (61,30), ekonomic (67,21), institutional (70,06), but less sustainable in the dimension of environmental (44,63). Furthermore, the research informed that there were 45 attributes which sensitively enough influenced the sustainability of the development of Yogyakarta city.