The "development aspect" in the title is the aspect created in an area by the educational institutions and the productive potential, with the new generation, the students, the future scientists, the employees, the professionals, and the entrepreneurs as a link. Development starts with the big training epicenters, the higher education institutions, that provide the future staff and knowledge, through research and the recording of the current production status. Universities across the country are interconnected with their regions, with existing productive bodies, with public organizations, but also with local companies, disseminating people and expertise. We present one city of each heartland region, a specific subject of expertise, research program, laboratory, or school, and its relations with the region, with a background of the future and development.

"DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS" present the multidimensional research studies conducted at the University of Crete. Innovative studies on biomaterials and hydrogen, the utilization of aquaculture and fishery by-products as food supplements and applied research in the field of fish farming.