Contribuir al mejoramiento del conocimiento de la población urbana del cantón Portovelo, provincia de El Oro respecto a la actividad minera

Abstract

Abstract: Mining plays an important role in the production of basic necessities, leaving social, environmental and economic impacts. In 1915, the canton of Portovelo was known as one of the first epicenters where the most important gold mining operations were carried out. Over time, this has generated risk factors and very notorious environmental aspects, which identify mining as a highly polluting activity. In this context, the present research focused on contributing to the improvement of the knowledge of the urban population of Portovelo regarding mining activity, carrying out a diagnosis of the perception and opinion of the people regarding mining activity through the application of exploratory surveys and a quantitative analysis of the surveys in Microsoft Excel software, which allowed the organization and processing. As a result, it was obtained that, from the perception of those surveyed, the mining sector in the canton of Portovelo has not contributed to its development and, on the contrary, has generated a number of socio-environmental impacts, so that they do not agree with this activity, some alternatives are proposed for its reduction and the proposal of environmental awareness which responds to the needs of the surveyed population of Portovelo.