© 2019 Discovery Publication. All Rights Reserved. www.discoveryjournals.org OPEN ACCESS Page147 ARTICLE ANALYSIS Application of geospatial technology in assessing the impact of urbanization on vegetation degradation in Kuje area council, Abuja, Nigeria Abakpa DI 1 , Ejaro SP 2 1 Department of Geography, University of Abuja, Abuja-Nigeria. Email: abakpa9@gmail.com 2 Department of Geography, University of Abuja, Abuja-Nigeria Article History Received: 17 May 2019 Accepted: 05 July 2019 Published: July 2019 Citation Abakpa DI, Ejaro SP. Application of geospatial technology in assessing the impact of urbanization on vegetation degradation in Kuje area council, Abuja, Nigeria. Science & Technology, 2019, 5, 147-158 Publication License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. General Note Article is recommended to print as color digital version in recycled paper. ABSTRACT The level of Urbanization in Kuje Area Council in the last thirty (30) years has degraded the vegetation cover. This study used geospatial technology to assess the impact of urban growth on the vegetation cover between 1985 and 2015. The images of different epochs (1985, 1999 and 2015) were classified into built-up area, cultivated area, vegetation cover and bare land. This was carried out using ARC GIS 10.1, ILWIS 9.1 and ERDAS softwares for data generation and analysis. The result indicates that built-up area increased by (18.85%) and bare land increased by (10.26%) between 1985 and 2015 while vegetation cover and cultivated land were decreased by (-16.68%) and (12.44%). The study further recommend the urgent need to carry out the Master Plan Review to secure the vegetative land cover, particularly the forest lands which have been greatly encroached by urbanization. The government should encourage environmental sustainable programmes that will foster forest development, urban agriculture and other urban expansion processes in Kuje Area Council. ANALYSIS VOL. 5, 2019 ISSN 2394–3750 EISSN 2394–3769 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY &