Indeed, it might be argued that what truly distinguishes Big Science from the small stuff as astronomers and physicists have known for decades and biologists discovered in the aftermath of the Human Genome Project is not the amount of money involved but the volume of data that needs to be processed.
In the aftermath of 2010 floods, UNESCO has initiated a major project "Strategic Strengthening of Flood Warning and Management Capacity of Pakistan" for upgrading the flood forecasting and early warning system, and for the risk mapping of flood plains along the Indus River, in cooperation with the government of Japan.