Urban sprawl could deny 220 million people access to clean water by 2050

PHYSorg
Dec 2, 2025, 5:00 am106 pts
A new study analyzing more than 100 cities across Asia, Africa, and Latin America has quantified the stark consequences of urban sprawl on water and sanitation access, finding that how cities grow might determine whether hundreds of millions of people have access to these basic necessities.

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