The'urban divide' or the 'boundaries within cities' still are a matter of vulnerability and deprivation (Drewe & Hulsbergen, 2006). There is a clear need of cultivating the art of defining urban problems and - above all - a need for social innovations in urban revitalization (Drewe, Klein & Hulsbergen, 2008). By the way, even the banlieues are not devoid of 'creativity' (Dhoquois, 2007).
One can only hope that the European Union, in its fight against poverty, does not neglect the cities and that it  has learned from the URBAN experience. Or will it be just another case of 'running without learning' (Gilbert Fayl)?
'The solidarity that unites' is altogether compatible with John Rawl's principle of social justice: 'to make the worst off group as well off as possible'.

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