Relations between environmental quality and quality of life in Metropolitan Lima

Authors

  • Carlos Cabrera Carranza Academic Department of Geographic Engineering. Faculty of Engineering Geology, Mining, Metallurgical and Geographical. UNMSM.
  • Manuel Maldonado Dongo Academic Department of Geography. Faculty of Social Sciences. National University of San Marcos
  • Walter Arévalo Gómez Academic Department of Geography. Faculty of Social Sciences. National University of San Marcos
  • Renán Pacheco Abad Academic Department of Geography. Faculty of Social Sciences. National University of San Marcos
  • Alfredo Giraldo Vega Academic Department of Geography. Faculty of Social Sciences. National University of San Marcos
  • Sebatian Loayza Cárdenas H & S Engineers

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/iigeo.v5i9.664

Keywords:

Environmental pollution, Life quality, Environmental management.

Abstract

The present work establishes environmental quality and life quality relations through quality rates. These rates are determined by evaluating quadratic matrixes and indicators. The PM-10, SO2 levels, and lead in PM10 found during the working period (April-December 2001), overrun the maximum limits permitted by the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as the national air environmental quality standards for Peru, which not only determines a decreasing in air quality, but rather gives rise to a decreasing in the populations’s life quality, having consequences on their health and impairing the city’s landscape. The Optimum Quality Rate (OQR) for Metropolitan Lima area is of the order of 101.5, and the Integrated Life Quality Rate (ILQR) is 68.55, what shows that environmental factors influence decisively on the quality of life of Lima inhabitants.

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Published

2002-07-15

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 9 (2002)

Section

Artículos científicos

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Copyright (c) 2002 Carlos Cabrera Carranza, Manuel Maldonado D, Walter Arévalo G, Renán Pacheco A., Alfredo Giraldo V, Sebatian Loayza

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How to Cite

Cabrera Carranza, C., Maldonado Dongo, M., Arévalo Gómez, W., Pacheco Abad, R., Giraldo Vega, A., & Loayza Cárdenas, S. (2002). Relations between environmental quality and quality of life in Metropolitan Lima. Revista Del Instituto De investigación De La Facultad De Minas, Metalurgia Y Ciencias geográficas, 5(9), 47-52. https://doi.org/10.15381/iigeo.v5i9.664