Urban Green DaMS

Welcome

The Urban Green Design and Modelling of Sustainable Drainage Systems (Urban Green DaMS) was a collaborative research project between the University of Sheffield and Newcastle University, led by Prof. Virginia Stovin and Prof. Richard Dawson respectively. The project ran from 2019 through to 2022.

Urban Green DaMS set out to address a set of critical research questions relating to the design and modelling of bioretention cells for alleviating urban flood risk.

Aims & Objectives

Our aim was to provide the required modelling tools and parameter values, and develop the robust design guidance - equivalent in quality to that for pipes and other hard engineering interventions - that is necessary to enable the widespread implementation of vegetated bioretention cells for stormwater management.

Learn more via the Project Overview.

Recent Publications & Outputs

Some of the project's recent publications are listed below. A complete list of Publications, Datasets and other outputs can be viewed here. Click the links below to view an Open Access copy of each document:

Journal Publications

Stovin, V,; Quinn, R; Rouge, C., 2023, Study of Continuous Simulation Supporting Multiple Design Creiteria for Sustainable Drainage Systems. Sustainable Water in the Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.SWENG-495
Peng, Z.; Edmondson, J.; Stirling, R.; Green, D.; Dawson, R.; De-Ville, S.; Stovin, V., 2023, Visulisation of cloggin in green infrastructure growing media. Urban Water Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2023.2180394
De-Ville, S.; Green, D.; Edmondson, J.; Stirling, R.; Dawson, R.; Stovin, V., 2021, Evaluating the Potential Hydrological Performance of a Bioretention Media with 100% Recycled Waste Components. Water, 13, 2014. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13152014

Conference Abstracts

De-Ville, S. and Stovin, V. 2023, Predicting Bioretention Evapotranspiration from Meteorological, Mass-loss, and Moisture-loss data. 11th Novatech International Conference. Lyon, France. View Extended Abstract
Green, D; Goddard, A; Stirling, R, 2022, Stratified hydraulic conductivity testing of green infrastructure: A lysimeter bioretention cell study. EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria. View Abstract

Featured Publication

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Quick Contact

Want to get in touch? Please view our People page for how to best direct your query. Alternatively, contact our Principal Investigator Prof. Virginia Stovin here.