The article entitled “Do People Appreciate Economic Value of Water in Baku City of Azerbaijan?” and co-authored by Rovshan Abbassov, Head of the Department of Geography and Environment at Khazar University, was published as the chapter of the book "Blue-Green Infrastructure Across Asian Countries" by Springer. Another co-author of the article is Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo, the professor at the University of Rome in Italy.

The article reflects the results of the survey aimed at calculating the economic value of water in Baku. According to the results, the economic value of clean water in Baku is formed under the influence of many factors. These include both use and non-use values.