The law mandates that an owner of a new building must earmark 0.7% of the construction cost to artworks for public view. The increasing level of urban population and the buildings constructed due to urban development resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of public sculptures.
A regulation is in place that necessitates setting aside 0.7% of a new building's construction budget for public art. As city populations have grown and urbanization has increased, so too has the number of public sculptures available for viewing.