Análisis comparativo de la incidencia del ruido por tráfico vehicular en instituciones educativas de la ciudad de Esmeraldas

Abstract

In this research thesis, a comparative analysis of noise levels due to vehicular traffic in two educational institutions in the city and province of Esmeraldas was carried out. The investigation begins with the development of the introduction, where the general objective, the specific objectives and the justification that allowed visualizing the problems that exist in the surroundings of the Sagrado Corazón Fiscal Educational Unit and in the Walter Quiñones Sevilla Fiscal Educational Unit were formulated. The study area was established in the surroundings of the institutions, with the fixed distance grid methodology and the nodes of the grids were taken as the monitoring points to fully cover the extension of the field study and noise monitoring. . We proceeded to search for information about noise pollution in existing studies at the cantonal, provincial, regional, national and international levels, in order to collect information regarding the existing problems in the institutions, regulations in force in Ecuador and the methodologies that are the basis of this research thesis. When obtaining the results of the monitoring, the proposal was made for the creation of noise maps according to the study sector, taking into account the methodology for the processing and manipulation of monitored information using the Qgis 3.2 software. Once the noise pollution information was collected, the statistical and cartographic analysis was carried out, to obtain the results on the noise mapping with respect to the permissible levels according to the use of the land, and the population that lives in the sectors. monitored according to the provisions of the Ministerial Agreement 097 A. And finally, the conclusions and recommendations corresponding to the objectives that were proposed in the investigation were drawn up.