LEF funded research leads to published article: IEDC Economic Development Journal, Summer 2017: LONG TERM SPATIALLY COORDINATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAKES SENSE, By Emil Malizia, PH.D., FAICP with following credit included in article: The Land Economics Foundation is an affiliate of Lambda Alpha International. The reader can access the report which includes an example of long-term regional economic development planning in Buffalo, New York, and the complete data base at www.lai-lef.org/ Funded Research, “An Empirical Analysis of Central-City Decline” The author will also provide the full study on request. malizia@email.unc.edu