
Professor Huw Williams


Transportation Models; Transport and the Environment; Healthy Cities; Health Inequalities; Health Impact Assessment; Spatial Analysis of Health Systems
Huw Williams holds an honorary professorship in the School of City and Regional Planning. His first degree and doctorate were in physics but, after taking a Masters degree in Operational Research, moved into Transportation and Geographical Research. His current research includes interests in the spatial analysis of transport and health systems.
Transport Investment Appraisal under Alternative Pricing Regimes (with D Van Vliet and K S Kim)
The Valuation of Environmental Effects of Transport in Less Developed Countries (with J de D Ortuzar)
Spatial Organisation of Primary Health Care Services in Wales (with S White, M L Senior and S R Williams)
Deprivation and Health Variations in Wales (with G Higgs and M L Senior)
Morbidity, Deprivation and Drug Prescribing (with M L Senior and G Higgs)
DipEcon (Economics), Open University, (2003)
MA (Operational Research), Lancaster University, (1972)
DPhil (Theoretical Physics), Oxford University, (1971)
MA (Natural Science: Physics), Oxford University, (1968)
Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport
Professor (Honorary), School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, (Nov 1st 2007 - Present)
Professor (Personal Chair), Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, (1995 - 2007)
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, (1986 - 1995)
Science and Engineering Research Council Advanced Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, (1981 - 1986)
Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds, (1976 - 1981)
Research Officer, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, (1972 - 1976)
Editorial Responsibilities
I have served as a member of the following Editorial Boards:
Editor, Short Notes Section Transportation Research B, (1985 - 1990)
Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research B, (1981 - 1991)
Editorial Advisory Board, Civil Engineering Systems, (1985 - 1993)
Editorial Advisory Board, International Planning Systems, (1995 - Present)
International Work
I have a particular interest in transport planning and analysis in Less Developed Countries and has conducted collaborative research/teaching in Chile, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia and Zimbabwe.