Characteristics of soil and environment conditions in a city are based on its soils map scheme of its soil and ecologic zoning. The soil cover structure is composed of natural undisturbed, natural disturbed, deeply-disturbed soils and surface technogenic formations. Soils that retain their ecologic functions occupy 54 % of the city area.
(2011) Specifics of Surveying and Mapping Soil and Environment Conditions of Birobidzhan City. Geodesy and cartography = Geodezia i Kartografia, 72(9), pp. 49-54. (In Russian).