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spatial dimension of economic structural change The spatial
pattern of investment Because of growing population pressure on
arable land in the 1950s, the government initiated a series of
land reforms and innovative improvements in agriculture. When
agricultural output stagnated in the late 1960s, the government
made every effort to improve the agricultural infrastructure,
building many new irrigation systems and dykes to prevent damage
from floods and coastal storms. Other measures included
guaranteed farm prices, the encouragement of multi-purpose
cultivation, and the consolidation of farms to raise management
efficiency. The successful implementation of these agrarian
reforms and development strategies induced many farmers to
remain on the land. Since 1973, the government has also
implemented rural construction and infrastructure projects to
foster agricultural growth and improve the rural