Cities and regions are sites of social and spatial inequalities, places where a myriad of social problems meet, from unemployment and lack of proper housing to concentrations of poor and minority ethnic groups, intolerance and racism. Urban diversity contributes to making cities spaces of innovation and creativity, but it must come together with efforts to enable cohesion. Cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries, sustainable cultural tourism, and cultural infrastructure can serve as strategic tools to mediate across communities and build understanding and caring; they can also boost growth and jobs in Europe by enabling cities and regions to identify and develop their own comparative advantages. This section shows the potential of cultural heritage as a social and economic equaliser understanding it as an opportunity to include and an opportunity to create. Cultural heritage as a human-centred accelerator for cities and regions 19