ABSTRACT
In this chapter, current debates on urban sprawl are presented, to then situate the interstitial geography as part of. It is argued that urban sprawl still manifests as closely related to traditionally extended suburbanisation, although heavily urbanised regions present more complex patterns of urban sprawl characterised by functional, spatial, and environmental diversity. In these two stages, the interstitial spaces are produced alongside the sprawling urbanisation of cities and regions to configure a geographic space that spans inner suburban areas, expansion areas, the outskirts of cities, and the nearby countryside. The latter includes the wider rural geographies that separate cities and situate the interstitial space as part of debates on globalisation and planetary urbanisation. This chapter collates with the extant theories of the urban question in which interstitial spaces are part of.
