Abstract: Existing condition of settlement area on Cikapundung riverside is dense population, mostly illegal status, low quality of infrastructure, and ecological function decrease. The aim of this study was to analyze sustainability status and sensitive attributes affecting settlement area sustainability. This study used qualitative-quantitative method and its data type was ordinal data. Data analysis method used was statistical method with Multi Dimensional Scalling (MDS) with Rapid appraisal (Rap) – riverside settlement analysis. The result of settlement area sustainability status on Cikapundung riverside was included in less sustainable category by index of 48.65. The result showed analysis of 42 attributes from 5 sustainable dimensions in settlement area was undergone 16 sensitive attributes were obtained consisting of ecological (4 attributes), economical (3 attributes), social (3 attributes), institutional (3 attributes), and technological dimension (3 attributes). Those 16 leverage attributes sensitively affect settlement area sustainability on Cikapundung riverside.