The main objective of this proposal is to develop a decision support system for use by stakeholders who involve themselves in urban stormwater management. 
The decision support system needs to be adaptive (ADSS) since decisions are made on many spatial as well as temporal scales, reflecting the spatial topology 
of urban catchment and the dynamic nature of urban development. The developed adaptive decision support system will be a combination of components organised 
along road maps which are adapted to the way decisions are made in European urban areas.     
Partners and end-users will work closely to maximise the future utility of the ADSS. The project is organised along several loops where components will be 
identified, in collaboration, by end-users and partners. A final test of the complete ADSS prototype will be also performed. Two specific work packages are 
devoted to the production and test of the ADSS and its components. The other work packages will develop specific methodologies or transfer knowledge from other 
fields to the USWM problem. A methodology will be developed for making the uncertainties visible and understandable to stakeholders. 
            

The main objective of the project was to develop a tool which can be used by stakeholders in urban storm water management. As the decisions are made within various 
space and time scales (topography and dynamic nature of urban development) the tool has to be adaptive. The development of an adaptive decision support system 
(ADSS) provides a synthesis of components organised and tested in European urban areas.   
Several steps were taken to achieve the project targets:   
-A literature review of decision support tools was performed   
-the concept of risk in relation to storm water source control was analysed   
-A review of the Use of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) in Europe was being performed.   
-the relevant criteria for the assessment of BMP performance were analysed   
-a specification of a GIS database structure was made