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Welcome
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
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.
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
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
Journal Publications
De-Ville, S., Ren, S., & Stovin, V. (2025). Bioretention column detention test data for percolation model evaluation. Urban Water Journal, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2025.2495874
De-Ville, S., Edmondson, J., Green, D., Stirling, R,. Dawson, R. and Stovin, V., 2024, Effect of vegetation treatment and water stress on evapotranspiration in bioretention systems. Water Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121182.
Stovin, V,; Quinn, R; Rouge, C., 2023, Study of Continuous Simulation Supporting Multiple Design Criteria 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, Visualisation of clogging 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
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
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