Evaluación del ruido ambiental de los establecimientos de diversión nocturna en la ciudad de Riobamba.

Abstract

The study focuses on the monitoring and evaluation environmental noise produced by nightlife establishments in the Villa María and Plaza de Toros domains of the city of Riobamba, to identify the areas of greatest noise pollution and propose a minimization plan whose purpose is to provide solutions to reduce and control environmental noise. To this end, the environmental assessment (baseline) was conducted through direct observations, inspections ande the use of statiscal tools. Afterwards, the environment noise monitoring was carried out, determining a total of 31 strategic points for each domain. The simple random sampling technique and the identification of critical points of affectation, resulting in 26788 representative data, data that were processed based on Ministerial Agreement 061, Reform of Book VI, Annex 5, TULSMA,Republic of Ecuador.Based on the above considerations in the Plaza de Toros domain, it was recorded that the points with the highest emission of ambient noise were points 8 with 75.8 dB(A) and 9 with 74.8 dB(A), and in the Villa María domain they were points 8 with 74.9 dB(A) and 11 with 76.5 dB(A), the two domains also had a total noise between 83 and 84 dB(A). It was concluded that the domains reported specific noise values higher than 45 dB(A) established as maximums allowed in the current legal regulations, in view of that the proposal is made for a plan to minimize environmental noise that will prevent and reduce the noise pollution, improving the quality of life of the habitants of area of influence who are exposed to the occurrence of the negative effects generated by the noise emitted by nightlife establishments.