This paper introduce decision-making model of sustainable urban development in Erbil city in Iraq. The decision-making model will includes higher-level policy orientation, grass-roots environmental protection, economic feasibility, and environmental pressure. The quantitative analyze of urban environmental sustainable development decision-making in prefecture-level. The data analysis collected from the annual government work report using seven specific factor, which set up according to the theoretical model framework. The results show that the driving force of sustainable development is mainly from top to bottom, the macro strategy of the central government and other upper-level governments is the core factor of sustainable transformation, and the demand for sustainable development of the grassroots people needs to continue to increase. In addition, prominent environmental issues have attracted the attention and actions of local governments, but urban governments still regard sustainable development as a distributive policy to a large extent, and the awareness or conditions for seeking economic welfare through environmental governance have not yet achieved.