Urban Compactness Effects on the Distributions of Healthy Houses in Yogyakarta City

The rapid development of the cities in Indonesia is a challenge for the world of urban and regional planning. Uncontrolled urban development is causing urban problems that indirectly reduce the quality of urban life. Compact city concept through development with high density, mixed use, providing comprehensive facilities and integrated transport, present as a solution in several countries in the world.This study aimed to find the influence of urban compactness with the quality of houses in the city of Yogyakarta. This study used a multistage sampling method to determine the number of respondents and quantitative approach for analyzing results. There were five attributes of urban compactness (population densification, transportation, activity densification, social wellness and city size) that were used in this study. The variable of the healthy house quality was house component, sanitation and behavior of the population (Kepmenkes 829/Menkes/SK/VIII/1999).Based on the analysis of 200 respondents in Yogyakarta, the region with the highest level of compactness had more healthy houses (33%) than the region which compactness was medium (22%) and low (18%). It proved that urban compactness is proportional to the distribution of healthy houses in Yogyakarta.