• Urbanization is a process where populations concentrate in urban areas.
• Urbanization and the movement of people into cities from the countryside has resulted in the formation of net emigration regions. These regions are most common in the eastern and northern parts of Finland.
• The populations of net immigration regions grow. In Finland, net immigration regions are primarily found near the large cities in the southern regions of the nation.
• Different functions, such as housing, industry and services, have concentrated in different parts of cities.