Application of Geographic Information System in Assessing Land use Changes In Kubwa, FCT Abuja

This study looked at the application of geographic information system in assessing land use changes in Kubwa, FCT from 1987-1997. Structured questionnaire was distributed to 300 willing respondents using the systematic sampling technique. Using geographic information system, the changes were also mapped, simple descriptive statistics, Chisquare and T-test were also employed to validate the findings and the result showed that rural/agrarians land use changed dramatically from rural residential area which occupied