Soil and Water Contamination‎,‎ 2nd Edition is the first textbook that treats soil and water pollution issues from a geographical/spatial perspective at point‎,‎ local‎,‎ regional‎,‎ and catchment scales‎.‎ It links up very well to recent environmental policy and legislation in the field of soil and water pollution‎,‎ e‎.‎g‎.‎ European Water Framework Directive‎.‎ Treats environmental pollution from 3 perspectives‎:‎ pollutant‎,‎ transport processes‎,‎ and spatial and temporal variability of occurrence‎,‎ teaching the student how to assess the spatial dispersal of pollutants in the environment‎,‎ taking into account the properties of the pollutant‎,‎ environmental medium‎,‎ and transport processes‎.‎ Describes environmental behaviour of major contaminant groups‎,‎ including nutrients‎,‎ metals‎,‎ radionuclides‎,‎ and organic pollutants‎,‎ which makes it a valuable reference for quick evaluation of the chemical behaviour of pollutants in the environment‎.‎ This textbook provides an overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination‎,‎ in such a way that the reader can both understand and predict contaminant patterns in soil‎,‎ groundwater‎,‎ and surface water‎.‎In contrast to most existing texts‎,‎ soil and water pollution are treated as integrated environmental matter from a geographical/spatial perspective at point‎,‎ local‎,‎ regional‎,‎ and catchment scales‎.‎ The spatial approach links up with recent developments and trends in environmental legislation and other integrated catchment management initiatives‎.‎ The new edition contains several re‎-written parts‎,‎ new material on pesticides and pharmaceutical contaminants and a greater number of exercises‎,‎ case studies and examples‎.‎ It consists of four coherent parts‎:‎ 1‎.‎ Introduction to soil and water contamination‎;‎ 2‎.‎ Source‎,‎ role‎,‎ and behavior of substances in soil and water‎;‎ 3‎.‎ Transport and fate processes of substances in soil and water‎;‎ and 4‎.‎ Patterns of substances in soil and water‎.‎ Soil and Water Contamination‎,‎ 2nd Edition is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences‎,‎ who understand the fundamentals of chemistry‎,‎ hydrology and soil science‎.‎ It is a useful reference work for professionals‎.‎Author‎:‎ Marcel van der Perk is Assistant Professor of Physical Geography at Utrecht University‎,‎ where he specialises in soil and water quality issues and spatio‎-temporal environmental modelling‎.‎ He teaches courses on soil and water pollution and geographical information systems‎.‎ His research focuses on measurement‎,‎ analysis‎,‎ and modelling of transport and fate of dissolved and sediment‎-associated contaminants ‎(‎nutrients‎,‎ heavy metals‎,‎ and radionuclides‎)‎ in soil and water from field to river basin scales‎.‎ Co‎-Published with CRC Press‎.‎