Introduction
Previous studies have focused on evaluating crisis management, presenting a crisis management model, and providing solutions to measure the vulnerability of cities to earthquakes. The present study wants to show the shortcomings of crisis management in Iran from the spatial perspective. which has not been used in previous studies. The first goal of this study is to measure crisis management performance in Salas Babajani County, Kermanshah, Iran, based on citizens’ perceptions, and the second goal is to investigate the role of spatial factors such as elevation, land slope, transportation network, distribution of human settlements, and population density in crisis management.

Methods
This is a descriptive-analytical study. To extract earthquake crisis management indicators and develop theoretical bases the documentary method and note taking technique were used. To measure the study variables, the survey method by a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The study population consists of the residents of Salas Babajani County, which includes 35,219 people and 9,270 households. According to Cochran’s formula, the sample size was determined 380 people. By adding 4 people, the final sample size was 384.
The independent t-test was used to compare the mean scores of earthquake crisis management phases. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to rank the study variables. Finally, spatial analysis in the GIS software using the Inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation method was conducted to show the spatial distribution of the earthquake management shortcomings. Th data related to elevation, land slope, transportation network, distribution of human settlements, and population density were also analyzed in the GIS software.

Results
The results of data analysis showed that the earthquake management was not at a favorable level in the studied area and performed poorly in all four stages of prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Moreover, the findings showed that all the study indicators (height, land slope, transportation network, distribution of human settlements, and population density) had an effective role in crisis management. For example, there was a correlation of more than 40% between elevation and earthquake management.

Conclusion
As long as a residential order cannot solve the issue of crisis management in various areas of prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery, it must still be under the requirements of sectoral management and experience and tolerate the gap between residential areas and the lack of integrated management. It is obvious that if the national and regional upstream processes and mechanisms are not modified, the crisis management on the national, regional and local scale will not reach a sustainable level. Based on the results, for optimal earthquake management in Salas Babajani, some shortcomings should be eliminated. In areas that are difficult to access or do not have a proper transportation network, or settlements have grown irregularly, crisis management has been conducted poorly. In this regard, recommendations were provided to improve crisis management indicators.

Ethical Considerations

Compliance with ethical guidelines
All ethical principles are considered in this article. 

Funding
This research did not receive any grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors. 

Authors' contributions
All authors equally contributed to preparing this article.

Conflicts of interest
The authors declared no conflict of interest.




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