Salt marsh restoration can be a good adaptation
strategy to sea level rise (Government of Canada and
Government of Nova Scotia 2002). However, this
response requires a certain adaptive capacity. Some
communities have more adaptive capacity than others
due to the strength of their social, economic and
environmental systems, equitable resource allocation,
high skill levels, and the ability to disseminate useful
information. Each community is unique and each has
different vulnerabilities and strengths which contribute
to its adaptive capacity. A community may
choose to restore a salt marsh for its ecosystem,
economic and/or social values, or for other reasons
(Marlin et al. 2007).