Determinación del nivel sonoro generado por el parque automotor en la zona céntrica de la ciudad de el coca y su influencia en la salud de la población

Abstract

The present research related to increase of anthropic activities became a problem for human health, its objective was to perform an evaluation of the noise levels of the vehicle fleet in the downtown area from the Coca city, the noise measurement was performed at seven (7) points in six schedules. The noise measurement, in the different schedules showed an average value of the lower limit of 65.52 in the schedule of 10:30 in the morning, while the value of the upper limit is located in the schedule of the morning 07:30, with a value of 66.37. The comparative analysis shows an increase of values in the evening hours (21:30), which exceeds 70dB; being recurrent the high pollution indexes in the monitoring point RP7, while the minimum values can be observed in the morning hours in the monitoring point RP6, whose value is 62.09 dB. Comparing the noise levels allowed by the Unified Text of Secondary Legislation of the Ministry of Environment (UTSLME), it is observed that 57.14% of the evaluated noise levels comply with the levels allowed by legislation and 42.86% do not comply with it. In relation to the evaluation of human health, 57% of men and 43% of women were affected by vehicular noise, 55.81%, 53.57%, and only 4.65% and 7.14% said they did not feel affected. In addition, people do not know the permissible levels of noise and it is evident that it affects the female gender and causes stress levels in daily activities, but it has not generated problems in the population.