population pressure

American  

noun

Ecology.

1. the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population.

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Etymology

Origin of population pressure

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

With an increasing global population, pressure on the already over-exploited wild salmon stocks is set to intensify.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

Communities are already struggling in the face of worsening droughts, extreme weather and other consequences of climate disruption—and population pressure makes adaptation even harder.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2023

And frankly, some of the other areas people have been moving to could use a break from relentless population pressure.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

The British and Anglo-Americans gained far more with voluntary trading, to which they added military conquest and the population pressure of agricultural settlements.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

These correlations suggest strongly that regional population size or population density or population pressure has something to do with the formation of complex societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond