Condiciones de habitabilidad de viviendas aledañas a la cuenca de ríos: caso Huancaro - Cusco

Abstract

The present investigation sought to analyze the habitability and comfort conditions of the houses adjacent to the Huancaro river, which flows into the Huatanay river through the city of Cusco-Peru, constituting to a large extent the common collector of wastewater, as well as the garbage dump of the settlements located on its banks. The mixed approach was used developing quantitative data using instruments such as the registration form, the survey and qualitative data that were extracted from the settlers. The analyzed dimensions were: Thermal Comfort, acoustic, water quality, materiality and soil conditions.

From the results, the geotechnical evaluation of the area under study presents characteristics of the soil that are not suitable for the occupation of housing, presenting threats against floods, landslides and seismic risk, in terms of water quality is higher than the established levels of ECA. 80% have water and electricity service, 30% evacuate their sewage to the river. The activities of the villager and on the other the location of the settlements being far from the city and close to a fairground and street does not offer an optimum quality of acoustic comfort. Finally the location and habitability conditions generate low level of thermal comfort, related to temperature and humidity.