The Influence of YOGYAKARTA Urban Physical Development to Residential Comfort

The physical development of Yogyakarta urban area took place rapidly. Consequently, the air temperature and humidity in Yogyakarta's urban settlement was changed, and it is impacted to residential comfort. This research aims to study: (i) the physical development of Yogyakarta urban areas; and (ii) the influence of physical development of Yogyakarta urban areas to residential comfort. Yogyakarta urban areas are chosen as research area, based on the rapidly of physical and socio-economic urban development consideration. This research used survey methods by combining of remote sensing image interpretation techniques, field survey, and interview. In each zone selected certain samples as much as 100 respondents that be interviewed. Interview were conducted using a questionnaire. Primary data will be processed with the SPSS software and analyzed by quantitative descriptive and independent sample t-test analysis. This research found out that: (i) physical development of Yogyakarta urban areas is relatively intensive during 2005 until 2015 period; and (ii) it is impacted to residential and environmental comfort. The more developed, the more discomfort.   Keywords: Environmental Comfort, Physical Urban Development, Residential Comfort, Settlement Environment, Socio-economic Developmen