A number of other low lying cities and countries are in particular danger, Englander said.
"Bangladesh and Vietnam are two low lying countries with tens of millions of people. Hong Kong is a mountainous island ... But the development on the waterfront has all been done at very low level (close to the sea)," he said.
Scientists say Bangladesh, a low-lying country, will also be one of the world's hardest hit areas, as oceans warm up and polar ice melts, causing sea levels to rise.
Data from that country's Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level shows sea levels in the southwestern part of the country rose by around seven millimeters per year between 1980 to 2003. That is well above the global average of three millimeters between that time period.
A study by Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has forecast that global sea levels will rise on average between 56 centimeters and 106 centimeters by 2100.
Some regions will be worse impacted than others. Those countries include India, Bangladesh, Japan, Argentina, Australia and South Africa.
At the same time, other areas will see a slightly less-than-average rise, including the Pacific Northwest in the United States, as well as Western Europe, the study found.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?
"The fact is that we have to start building higher," Englander said, referring to low-lying coastal cities worldwide.
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