Trend Trend I: Restructuring of national territory and space

Summary

Concentration in the capital region and the disappearance of provincial communities are deepening at the same time, polarising living environments and changing how space is used as the population shrinks through migration. Provincial infrastructure is collapsing and land use is becoming unbalanced, restructuring the country's territory and living spaces. Smart cities and the sharing economy are emerging as alternatives. The trend groups issues on urban overcrowding and depopulation and their reorganisation, mixed and diversified land use, and the collapse of provincial infrastructure. It is the spatial strand of the demographic megatrend, and in the 2025 survey the public rated it relatively low on both impact and uncertainty.