The dispossessed, and the ambitious are flooding into cities swollen out of all recognition.
An ambitious draft flood-prevention plan, published in December by the California Department of Water Resources, would re-engineer the valley's network of rivers, canals and levees in an effort to prevent floods, restore wildlife habitat and protect water supplies for millions of people in the Bay Area and other parts of California.
The European Central Bank seems to be running out of ways to stimulate the euro zone, and there is doubt about whether the Bank of Japan can maintain an ambitious policy to flood the economy with money and achieve 2 percent inflation.
"When you have a bunch of smart, ambitious people suddenly flood the market, it makes sense that a lot of new companies will be formed," said Bob Goodson, the chief executive of YouNoodle, which is trying to bring together entrepreneurs and investors.
Feb. 23, 2012: Declaring "now is the time to get the jump on global warming," Mayor Bloomberg announced an ambitious plan Thursday to flood Lower Manhattan, creating a grid of canals and a mass-transit gondola system staffed by mobsters on work release.
The restoration scheme approved by Congress is at least as ambitious as the original flood control project, only this time the purpose is to capture most of the fresh water that is now flushed out to sea in the name of flood control and divert it to the Everglades and Florida Bay.
Proposed construction also involves such ambitious projects as retractable flood walls that function as art installations when not in use.
There's a lot to love about New York City today: A flood of new, ambitious architecture, refurbished river-fronts, miles and miles of additional bike lanes and recently launched parks like the High Line.
Creation from Catastrophe provides an ambitious snapshot of three centuries of floods, fires, earthquakes and tsunamis, along with examples of how architects have variously attempted to respond with their altruistic urges, or cash in on the calamities.
The ambitious plan, which is 80% completed, sees 78 flood barriers set up at entry points into the lagoon.
The ambitious multi-billion dollar project will combine irrigation facilities, a flood control system, power generation of 3000 MW, a 269-m waterway and construction of an 883 ft high concrete or rock-filled dam.
