Evaluación del ruido ambiental como indicador de la contaminación acústica en la zona rosa de la ciudad de Santo Domingo.

Abstract

The study focuses on the monitoring and evaluation of environmental noise generated by night entertainment venues in the Pink Zone of the City of Santo Domingo, to identify the areas with greatest noise pollution and to pose a proposal for municipal ordinance for noise control. For which the survey of the environmental evaluation (baseline) was carried out through direct observations, inspections and the use of statistical tools, then the environmental noise monitoring was carried out determining a total of 31 strategic points for each domain through the Simple random sampling technique and identification of critical points. The data obtained was processed based on Ministerial Agreement 028 A Substitute for book VI Reform of TULSMA, of the Republic of Ecuador. Based on the above considerations in the Pink Zone of the City of Santo Domingo, the highest sound pressure level was recorded at point 4 with a total noise level of 89.23 dB(A), a maximum value of 98,18 dB(A) and a minimum 81.06 dB(A). It was concluded that the evaluation points reported specific noise values greater than 50 dB(A) established as maximum permissible in the current legal regulations according to use of soil that registers the study area, according to these results, the proposal of municipal ordinance for noise control is made in order to reduce noise pollution, improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of the area of influence that are exposed to the occurrence of the negative effects generated by the noise emitted by nightlife venues.