Open Days 2009: interview with Nikitas Nikitakos, University of the Aegean (Greece)

Interview with Nikitas Nikitakos, University of the Aegean (Greece), to mark the European Week of Regions and Cities (Open Days) 2009, held in Brussels on 5 to 8 October 2009. Nikitas Nikitakos underlines the importance of taking on board the specific needs of island regions in terms of energy and development, and reiterates the unique character of each region as a cultural and natural environment that should be utilised to the full. Nikitas Nikitakos ends by developing the concept of “green islands”.